I dont consider myself a very good writer (or not a writer at all). I always find it hard to put my emotions and not sure how to express them in words. There are thousand of things that goes in to your mind while writing anything, like risk of being wrong, risk of looking stupid, risk of offending, and risk of nobody reading it and because of that we keep deleting those drafts and story that we wanted to.
Let’s put all that rejection and despair aside for a moment. It turns out there are benefits of writing, and some of these benefits — perhaps the most valuable benefits — exist even if you can’t find one single reader and if you do they probably won’t care. So stop worrying and take that bloody notepad and put your thoughts on it.
Writing is similar as art.. In beginning you suck, slowly you improve, you practice and you master it.
It might seem that writing is a selfish act. “Why should I expect people to care about what I think?” What you quickly learn is that it’s not about you. Writing for others forces you to consider what others want to read.
Yes, you want to gain readers and followers, and that is self-serving, but just like businesses succeed by serving their customers well, writers succeed by giving readers something of value.
The trick is to find out what unique value you bring. The good news is that it’s a big world out there. You might need to work at it, but eventually you’ll find your unique angle.
Whenever you put yourself out there — in a musical performance, a presentation, or publishing an article — you naturally want to do your best. Whether you’re worried you’ll write something that ends up being wrong (like that hasn’t ever happened before) or you’re determined to be the smartest person in the room, you’ll find that extra drive to dig deeper and put out your best work.
So set a writing schedule and stick to it. You’ll push yourself to find clarity among your ideas, and you’ll find yourself reflecting more on your work, which is a great thing.
I keep writing because I’ve seen it help me reflect on what I do and think, and it forces me to get outside of my own head and try to connect with others. If that sounds appealing to you, then you should write too.
