Readers, bloggeroos, lovers. Whatever it is
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You may have noticed (you probably haven’t,
I’m probably being paranoid) that my blog has been coming to you later and
later every week. Sometimes it doesn’t reach you until Mondays. Also, and I
know I probably am just being paranoid now, but you may have noticed the
quality is getting shittier too. The truth is, my friends, that blogging is
getting harder and harder for me. It’s not that I don’t have the time, it’s not
even that I don’t like it (I love it), it’s that it feels like there is some
inspiration box of ideas in my head, and at the moment we’re down to a
paperclip, two bits of fluff and the last bit of scrunched up paper that says,
“write a blog about how you’ve run out of ideas”.
I know, in my heart, that this isn’t true.
Inspiration doesn’t work like that, there aren’t a finite number of ideas and I
haven’t used all mine up already. If I had, I’d probably be dead. But I do
think that writing once a week means that good ideas, great blog posts seem to
be few and far between. They swim in a sea of posts about my own, little life.
My most popular posts are ones that aren’t about me. You guys love reading
about Disney, Translink, Harry Potter and growing up. Obviously, I always write
from my own perspective, and my own experience, but I understand why the more
relatable posts aren’t ones exclusively about my life. My life just isn’t that
interesting. On the other hand, I’m sure you guys can understand why I do often
write about myself. When casting around for inspiration, it’s much easier to
stop in my own living room, or in my own head.
I am a big believer in quantity. Obviously,
quality is very important (and it’s why I’m having this freak out), but I
really do believe that making myself write a blog every week has made me a
better writer. If I were to just write whenever the fancy took me, I would
never write at all. You can’t just sit around waiting for inspiration to hit,
because it won’t. That’s a fallacy. For me, anyway, there’s no creativity phone
and you can’t just sit around waiting for it to ring. You’ve got to pick it up,
punch in numbers randomly until you find something worth talking to. Maybe inspiration
just comes for some people, but I have to push for it, and more often than not I
write without it. And making myself write regularly has made me *find*
inspiration, and that’s great. But even still, I feel like I’ve been pushing
too hard lately, like I’ve damaged the part of my brain that comes up with
ideas.
So I’m completely conflicted. A part of me
wants to stop blogging for a while. Give my brain a rest and try to let ideas
come to me later. Another part of me thinks that’s stupid; I should keep at it,
because keeping at it for the last year or so is what has made me better. I
think maybe the answer is that I need to switch it up. I need to get a new
style, a new project, maybe even a new blog. My big idea at the moment is to
pursue an “overanalysing” theme. I really enjoy doing those kinds of blogs, and
people seem to like them. So I’m wondering if I should just throw myself in to
*only* doing those kinds of things for a while. You know, watching and ripping
apart Disney films, other kids movies, TV shows, stuff I haven’t seen before…
etc.
And this is where you come in. I write for
you guys, so I want to know what you think. I’ve made up a very quick survey
and it would be amazing if you could do it. I estimate it will take you no more
than a couple of minutes, and it just covers a few questions about who you are,
why you read this blog and what you’d like to see in the future. If you could
please take a few moments to do this for me, I will love you all 5eva.
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