The Thrill is Gone?
“It's Close To Midnight And Something Evil's Lurking In The Dark
Under The Moonlight You See A Sight That Almost Stops Your Heart
You Try To Scream But Terror Takes The Sound Before You Make It
You Start To Freeze As Horror Looks You Right Between The Eyes,
You're Paralyzed
'Cause This Is Thriller, Thriller Night
And No One's Gonna Save You From The Beast About
Strike”
- Michael Jackson, Thriller
(Go ahead, sing along you know you want to. I will wait.)
And what is the name of the beast? Writers block. Is that even possible? I have journal upon journal from my days in elementary school, high school and college. Hold on, let me be honest here, I am exaggerating a little bit. I have a couple of journals for each of those periods in my life. I suppose I have about 6 complete journals (somehow I have never managed to complete one as an adult). And, in each I always started out writing daily, then it was every other day dwindling down to once a month and finally once a year.
So why am I questioning my current situation? I had the initial rush of doing something new and exciting. Is that wearing off? No, it is still new and exciting but it is becoming a bit overwhelming. Because blogging isn’t just about writing is it?
Blogging is about being introduced to other bloggers, reading their words and interacting by commenting. Of course there are folks that lurk and never comment but most folks (at least in the beginning) comment and welcome reciprocal comments.
Thus, I find myself in a dilemma. Everyday I read a new blogger, a new blogger is added to my reader and more time is spent blogging. I don’t have that time. I am raising a son, doing consulting work and trying to build a business.
But you know what, I will continue blogging and do all that it entails -reading, commenting and of course writing. I suppose I don’t have writers block after all. I just had a small case of trepidation because I am adding one more thing to my list of things to do in my role as mommy, wife, and daughter. This was a fleeting moment because I know I will don the superwoman cape once again. And love every minute of it.
Under The Moonlight You See A Sight That Almost Stops Your Heart
You Try To Scream But Terror Takes The Sound Before You Make It
You Start To Freeze As Horror Looks You Right Between The Eyes,
You're Paralyzed
'Cause This Is Thriller, Thriller Night
And No One's Gonna Save You From The Beast About
Strike”
- Michael Jackson, Thriller
(Go ahead, sing along you know you want to. I will wait.)
And what is the name of the beast? Writers block. Is that even possible? I have journal upon journal from my days in elementary school, high school and college. Hold on, let me be honest here, I am exaggerating a little bit. I have a couple of journals for each of those periods in my life. I suppose I have about 6 complete journals (somehow I have never managed to complete one as an adult). And, in each I always started out writing daily, then it was every other day dwindling down to once a month and finally once a year.
So why am I questioning my current situation? I had the initial rush of doing something new and exciting. Is that wearing off? No, it is still new and exciting but it is becoming a bit overwhelming. Because blogging isn’t just about writing is it?
Blogging is about being introduced to other bloggers, reading their words and interacting by commenting. Of course there are folks that lurk and never comment but most folks (at least in the beginning) comment and welcome reciprocal comments.
Thus, I find myself in a dilemma. Everyday I read a new blogger, a new blogger is added to my reader and more time is spent blogging. I don’t have that time. I am raising a son, doing consulting work and trying to build a business.
But you know what, I will continue blogging and do all that it entails -reading, commenting and of course writing. I suppose I don’t have writers block after all. I just had a small case of trepidation because I am adding one more thing to my list of things to do in my role as mommy, wife, and daughter. This was a fleeting moment because I know I will don the superwoman cape once again. And love every minute of it.
Comments
Some bloggers I know of take a full on approach and want to build their readership to extraordinary levels in the shortest amount of time. If they have the time and the energy to accomplish that, more power to them! That's not me. I started blogging as a way to get back into the practice of writing and wanted a way to force myself to write a little bit every day. I'm happy with building a readership slowly over time and hopefully I'll eventually be able to write for $$ someday.
I don't think it's possible to have a brilliant post idea every day (at least not for me.) For days like that I'll just do a picture or a meme (my favorite.) and sometimes I'll just write about the fact that I don't have anything great to say. I think you're doing quite well for having such a new blog, baby!
Have a great day!
It is nice to have readers but it also takes a bit of the personal touch away when you see blogs that are getting hundreds of comments.
I also read blogs that I don't put on my blogroll. Just trying to keep things simple. :)
Thanks for stopping by my blog
This is my daily struggle:)
I've started keeping a list of possible topics as they come to me that way I if I get blocked I can blog about those - and if I'm feeling inspired I might write 2-3 posts at a time and just log the dates to the future and they pop up the next day or how ever far out I set them.
Hang in there!
Keep being honest in your blog and you will notice readers will stay.