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Why So Serious? Don’t Forget to Have Some Fun
Attempting to remember what this writing thing is all about and getting back to the joy that writing can bring
After some early success getting traffic to the blog and getting some content curated on Medium.com, it was very easy to fall into the trap of stats and views. It is very, very enticing to log on and see how many new views and claps and site sessions have occurred in the past two hours. It seemed like fun to go check out the articles on how to get more eyeballs on your articles and how to write better titles. But after a while a realization materialized that the output was moving away from the vision. The seeds of fear were cast that my efforts were morphing into what it appeared that these articles wanted and advocated for. All of a sudden, daily feeds were filled with the seemingly same advice articles over and over. All too quickly this didn’t seem like so much fun anymore.
To top it off, some major writers block hit. After writing some pieces that personally felt deep, introspective, and quite possibly halfway decent, the new words that were hitting the screen felt forced. After a while it was easier to sit in front of the screen and find ways to be distracted instead of the pure act of creation, where the words just seems to flow out like a clear and cold…
