If I didn’t like writing, I wouldn’t have become a content creator on the Odyssey Online. I love the fact that I can write almost anything that I want, the only exception being that I make sure it’s appropriate for everyone. It should go without saying then, that I like writing other things to, whether it be poetry, flash fiction, short stories, and even novel length fiction works. Basically, writing is something that I enjoy doing, so why is it so hard for me to write anything?
This is typically the part of the article that you’d read where I’d admit that procrastination is a huge problem, but then I turn it into something productive, like using the time I procrastinate to brainstorm new story ideas, or play out scenes of my story in my head. Although really useful advice that I’m actually going to be taking right now, it’s not so much the procrastination that gets to me; the reason why it’s so difficult for me to actually start writing is because I actually don’t want to write.
To explain, I like writing and being able to call myself a writer or something. Hell, I really only went to my university because I wanted to improve my writing drastically, knowing that I had the talent of a toddler trying to tell a story about how much she likes a dog, but for some reason, I still don’t like, or want to, write. Yes I love writing and creating new works, even if it is just for an article online that only 15 people see, but I just don’t like the task of writing, and because of that, a lot of my works are made pretty much right before they are supposed to be ready.
So yes, I guess you could say that procrastination is a part of the problem, but it isn’t the only thing. As much as I love writing, I just hate the entire process of it all. Sitting down and just typing or writing (depending on whether the computer is working or not) is just so dull for me to do, that I get no joy out of it. It’s the finished product that I want, not the raw materials that go into making it.
I was thinking of writing down what it is that I do that helps with the actual writing, but this isn’t an advice article, it’s my confession about why I don’t write as much as I want to. But the thing is, after writing all of this down, I want to write, even if it Is just a sentence; I want to write, and man, do I love it.
