Comment by TheEdonian
7 months ago
I've read so many posts that say: Just write because you like to write, do it cause it's fun.
To me that's only part of the truth. I write because I like it sure, but it's also very unmotivating to just "scream in the void". I want to share idea because I want to hear other opinions on my ideas. I want conversations, not monologues.
But that's the point of a blog, it's not a forum. If you confuse both, it can indeed easily feel like "screaming into the void", when it should be "talking to yourself and maybe the occasional passerby into the void".
Perhaps it would be useful for you to shift your perspective. Consider your writing to be just notes, a journal, a scratchpad, etc... Its just a place for you to identify, refine and articulate your ideas. It doesn't have to be for anyone else but you.
I have literally millions of words of writing that no one else has seen. Some of it is a rambling mess, some of it is fairly polished. But having done this has served me extremely well in many areas of life - I am more self-aware, articulate, etc... THAT is the motivation, not whether people have seen the ideas. Perhaps someday I'll refine it further and share it publicly.
Though, I'm regularly drawing upon it all when I have conversations - be it in real life, or in places like this. Why does the "conversation" have to be in the comments section of your own site?