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realmscryer) wrote2022-02-25 11:03 am
realmscryer) wrote2022-02-25 11:03 am
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A Blogging Confession
First off I must confess I have been a white knuckled, word hoarding blogger. The biggest factor in my lack of publishing more of my thoughts has been fear. So many manifestations of fear have come out of my psyche I can't believe there has been room for much of anything else in my head.
My writing practices of late have been:
1. Notes regarding my course work in and around The Dolmen Arch.
2. Ten ideas a day about anything.
3. Free writing. Not consistent but not completely neglected either.
Items 2 and 3 get erased immediately after creation.
Turns out the most important practice for me at this point is writing whatever I will write and hitting the delete key. Why? Fear. I am not entirely sure where this fear of losing words or their value(?) came from exactly.
A dragon sitting on a pile of treasure is the image which comes to mind when I think about what is going on. A dragon which is not doing me any favors by being so protective of the words in my head. I mean if I was sitting with a friend having a chat I wouldn't be economizing my thoughts out of fear of losing word gems.
Breaking the chains on the writing dragon has really started to open the creative flow. Stopping fearing the loss of ideas or thoughts or somehow wasting time is allowing more ideas and thoughts to show up. Very tricky.
The delete key is my friend. At least as long as I don't tap it too much while writing. There one wanders into the realm of the editing dragon. Another dragon for another post.
My writing practices of late have been:
1. Notes regarding my course work in and around The Dolmen Arch.
2. Ten ideas a day about anything.
3. Free writing. Not consistent but not completely neglected either.
Items 2 and 3 get erased immediately after creation.
Turns out the most important practice for me at this point is writing whatever I will write and hitting the delete key. Why? Fear. I am not entirely sure where this fear of losing words or their value(?) came from exactly.
A dragon sitting on a pile of treasure is the image which comes to mind when I think about what is going on. A dragon which is not doing me any favors by being so protective of the words in my head. I mean if I was sitting with a friend having a chat I wouldn't be economizing my thoughts out of fear of losing word gems.
Breaking the chains on the writing dragon has really started to open the creative flow. Stopping fearing the loss of ideas or thoughts or somehow wasting time is allowing more ideas and thoughts to show up. Very tricky.
The delete key is my friend. At least as long as I don't tap it too much while writing. There one wanders into the realm of the editing dragon. Another dragon for another post.