Start Writing

You get your desk ready. Notebook? Check. Pen? Check. Thesaurus? Check. Comfortable chair? Check.

Whether you're in the mood or not, you use all your willpower to sit down and you feel like a heavy weight has been mounted on your shoulders. You slouch a bit then open the notebook to a blank page and just stare at it for a few seconds. The lines seem to be intimidating you, reading you from the very depths of your soul and taunting you, bullying you for your inability to write. You just stare back at the page, courage slowly vanishing.

Now what?


From this point, there can be three outcomes:

1. You leave the desk and surf the web, letting the intimidating lines win, because you just "can't do it."
2. You get buried in daydreams.
3. You actually start writing.

The first two outcomes are quite easy to fall into, but I can't say the same about the third one.

It's up to you whether of the three you want to pick. If you want to pick the first two, then this piece is not for you. But  if you want to start writing, you've come to the right place.

It's not, as you always complacently declare, up to the surroundings or the weather or the day or whatever. It's all up to you. If you don't have enough willpower and determination, better stop now and donate your potential to the uncreative ones.

Every serious writer knows that moment when you are comfortable and ready and in the mood, but no words seem to come out.

So, how do you solve it?

First, you must do some things before actually writing. Do everything you need to do first, because you don't want the sudden remembrance of it bring a stop to your blockbuster novel, right? So, check your emails, feed your fish, tidy up your room, charge your phone, and finish your homework, because you're going to write.

After getting rid of that distraction, we have to get rid (or temporarily block) another: Daydreams. Do not let your mind wander. Clear your mind of yesterday's problems and your broken alarm clock. Think of the task up ahead and think about your writing. Instead of daydreaming about trivial things, you should focus on the task at hand.

Now, you're ready to write. Make sure you have enough paper and extra pens, because I predict you're going on a roll. It's time to get lost in the world of writing. Nothing is in your way now. Just write.

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