Here is the problem. I am writing on average 1 post a month lately. Not quite what I had in mind when I started this blog thing.

I am realizing that this problem stems from a few subtle points:

• I’m not sure what I want the blog to be about, as a whole
• When I feel like writing, I don’t know what to write about
• When I write something, it doesn’t seem good enough

Basically, I’ve lost the plot. When I started blogging seriously here at TWKM I had only one goal; to practice writing. But something terrible happened. Some of my writing was well-received and it excited me that people thought I had something to offer.

Why is this terrible?

I began writing for those people that thought I had something to offer and I felt compelled to write for them, and if I didn’t think it had anything to offer to them it died in the Drafts folder. I was no longer writing for myself and no longer setting out to pursue the whole reason I started this blog. To practice my damn writing.

I lost the point and I lost the plot. I lost my voice and I tried to put a label on the blog, a label I didn’t fit so by osmosis a label the blog couldn’t fit. I became a perfectionist, trying to make something perfect that was never meant to be perfect.

From now on I’m going to unapologetically pursue writing, without a clearly defined niche, without a clearly defined revenue model, without 99% of the things that the blog consultants say I need. I’m going to write without the filter and I’m going to throw up garbage sometimes — there’s your fair warning. There is no room for fear of criticism here.

I’m back…

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