One of the reasons why I started this blog was to try to get into the habit of writing every day or nearly everyday. One of the reasons why I don't already write nearly every day is because I so rarely have anything of substance to say.
(But that hasn't stopped you from blogging so far, you might say. Zing!)
It's one thing to be working on a larger piece--a novel for example--and to have a day where you just aren't feeling it and to have your production for the day be below average. But it's entirely another when you sit down to work on something completely new and just not have anything.
Look. I'll be the first to admit that the act of writing a blog (and a blog that, like, six people read to boot) isn't a monumentally challenging act. Take the entries that I've posted so far: I sit down at the computer with whatever topic I've decided to prattle about for the day; I figure out how I'm going to start, which is always the most difficult part; I type--sometimes for upwards of 20 minutes--then re-read what I've put down in a (usually surprisingly unsuccessful) attempt to copy-edit. Done! Six of you read it, one of you will comment, and I go to bed safe in the knowledge that my original thought for the day has been heard by slightly fewer people than if I had just stood on my doorstep and shouted it at the neighborhood.
But writing about something just strikes me as boorish. Like calling someone to tell them you're tired. And when you're trying to add to a blog where you've (allegedly) set a precedent of being funny? Fuck man. You know what it's like when someone introduces you to someone else, and they're all like "this is so-and-so. He's the funniest person I know" and so the new person is like "Oh, tell me a joke"? No one has ever thought of something funny in that moment. Now imagine doing that to yourself for like an hour.
You: "Dude, if you're going to write something, don't forget to make it funny too!"
Yourself again: "...really? It's bad enough I can't think of anything to say, but there's that as well?"
You: "Don't give me that. You're hilarious. Everyone says so. Just write something down right now. Something funny. Go."
...I don't know. I guess I could just link to more Family Guy.
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Chad,
ReplyDeleteI find your blog both hillarious and (surprisingly) deep (insert what she said zinger here). I think your writing style is fantastic and your blog is a great peek into your personal life. It's often difficult to find new things to blog about. Personally, I find that just writing about whatever comes to mind turns the internet into your own personal soap-box (and there's nothing wrong with that).
That being said, have you thought about dedicating a theme for a day of the week? For example: Things that piss me off Tuesdays. Alternatively, How my cat tried to kill me this week Wednesdays.
You get the idea.
Keep writing though, man. You may have only six readers but they really like your blog. Also, at least one of them owns a shotgun and a shovel and gets really antsy when they haven't had their blog fix for a while...
I'm still waiting for 'how my cat tried to kill me Wednesdays'!Get to it!
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