If you read any of the marketing blogs/websites/lists for writers, they talk about blogging which, of course, makes sense. Writers write, so the idea of writing a blog and sharing ideas and thoughts should be second nature. The whole point seems to be to connect to readers, get your name in heads and on lips and hopefully in their book wishlist.
Thus, here I am, trying to write a blog.
I do come up with ideas pretty frequently but I notoriously forget before I can get them down. Stories are different for me. They hound me. The characters remind me to tell their stories. I can't get away from them. I have unfinished stories and novel ideas from ten years ago I still think about, even after abandoning them as unusable.
(Sounds like I hear voices; I swear, I really don't. I think. Maybe.)
But blogs...blogs are hard. They aren't the same. The only character is me and sharing my own thoughts is super strange for me. Not that my stories aren't my thoughts and don't have a lot of me bundled into them, but this format, where its me talking to you? Damn.
I'm an introvert of the worst kind, which seems to be pretty common among creative types, but for me that leads to this struggle that anyone wants to hear a story about me. Unless its really dramatic? It just seems weird. Even writing this right now seems pretty awkward.
Yet, readers like to connect with creators. I know I do. I might not be really comfortable writing this, but I read a lot of blogs myself, quietly lurking without commenting. A lot of them say the same things over and over again, which I can never decide is if it's because the advice is good or because its just this thing everyone does.
Blogging seems like one of those things. But I'm giving it a shot.
Giving advice is great, but only if its actually helpful. A lot of blogs work with that in mind. Yet I feel utterly unsuitable to give advice to anyone over the age of ten. I certainly don't feel I'm the right person to give advice on how to write, how to create characters, how to not sound like a jackass when writing a blog.
I do think about these things all the time. If I'm not thinking of a story to write, or a moment to paint or the in between moments in my favorite games (where I create all new stories to make those already rich worlds all-encompassing) , I'm thinking about how to create a story. I think about how to get the story out of my head into the world. I think about the impact the stories have on me and you and everyone else.
(Sometimes, I just think about sexy things, but I digress.)
It still feels weird. It feels awkward and strange and really outside of my comfort zone. But I love to give the same short advice all the time, both to others and to myself; fake it 'til you make it.
So here I am. Whatdya wanna talk about?
Thus, here I am, trying to write a blog.
I do come up with ideas pretty frequently but I notoriously forget before I can get them down. Stories are different for me. They hound me. The characters remind me to tell their stories. I can't get away from them. I have unfinished stories and novel ideas from ten years ago I still think about, even after abandoning them as unusable.
(Sounds like I hear voices; I swear, I really don't. I think. Maybe.)
But blogs...blogs are hard. They aren't the same. The only character is me and sharing my own thoughts is super strange for me. Not that my stories aren't my thoughts and don't have a lot of me bundled into them, but this format, where its me talking to you? Damn.
I'm an introvert of the worst kind, which seems to be pretty common among creative types, but for me that leads to this struggle that anyone wants to hear a story about me. Unless its really dramatic? It just seems weird. Even writing this right now seems pretty awkward.
Yet, readers like to connect with creators. I know I do. I might not be really comfortable writing this, but I read a lot of blogs myself, quietly lurking without commenting. A lot of them say the same things over and over again, which I can never decide is if it's because the advice is good or because its just this thing everyone does.
Blogging seems like one of those things. But I'm giving it a shot.
Giving advice is great, but only if its actually helpful. A lot of blogs work with that in mind. Yet I feel utterly unsuitable to give advice to anyone over the age of ten. I certainly don't feel I'm the right person to give advice on how to write, how to create characters, how to not sound like a jackass when writing a blog.
I do think about these things all the time. If I'm not thinking of a story to write, or a moment to paint or the in between moments in my favorite games (where I create all new stories to make those already rich worlds all-encompassing) , I'm thinking about how to create a story. I think about how to get the story out of my head into the world. I think about the impact the stories have on me and you and everyone else.
(Sometimes, I just think about sexy things, but I digress.)
It still feels weird. It feels awkward and strange and really outside of my comfort zone. But I love to give the same short advice all the time, both to others and to myself; fake it 'til you make it.
So here I am. Whatdya wanna talk about?