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I’m Crush and thanks for reading This is Your Mind Ranting!
I wanted to follow up last week’s post about writing with a few more ideas for my fellow writers to chew on or to be reminded of.
These ideas can definitely be helpful to the writer who is starting up.
These ideas aren’t revolutionary by any means, and I wrote most of this list while fighting off mosquitos and the heat wave that’s coming to the desert.
I hope you enjoy. If you enjoy the rants, share them with your degenerate family and friends!
When you start sounding like your favorite inspirational writer, you got to sit down and reevaluate your reasons for writing. Are you here to sound like a carbon copy of these folks or are you embracing randomness and degeneracy? It’s okay to step back and take a break if you need to find that love for writing once again.
I’m not sure who determined that lower grade writing is the best way to capture the reader’s attention, but they were on to something for sure. While it would be fabulous to express one’s “expertise” on the dire matters that is the world’s social and political derision and the damage it is causing, in an exquisite and stylish manner, an impulsive or infrequent reader cannot simply examine a post of such fastidious design. Most readers will find it refreshing, informative, and funny (in a dark humorous way) when someone straight up says, “This world is fucked, and humanity is the reason that it’s fucked.” Paul Graham once said, “When I write a sentence that seems too complicated, or that uses unnecessarily intellectual words, it doesn't seem fancy to me. It seems clumsy.” Simple writing is the way to go.
AI has not eliminated the writer… at least not the hardened experts or the ones who write for fun. They see it as a tool to help crush the dreaded writer’s block or to help them simplify their work (via editing). Don’t let an algorithm having the ability to create an essay in less than a minute be the reason you don’t start writing.
Sleep and good nutrition are better than cigarettes and martinis for the writer’s longevity, even though it’s not sexy. You might lose some sleep editing a large post, but the lack of energy the next day might be worth it.
Can you laugh at your writing if it’s bad? If you can, you’re in the process of becoming an improved one. Never assume you’re extremely talented and your readers are a bunch of nimrods. Your craft needs some work before you can trash the public.
One reason to write as much as you can: your hands will hurt like a bitch as you get older. After some time, completing a small essay will feel like a marathon. The regret of not publishing your ideas will haunt you. Don’t make that mistake.
Write either first thing in the morning or make it the last thing you do at night. You could make time for it in the middle of the day, but most of you are either too busy bullshitting around at work or scrolling on social media.
Why listen to a dumbass like me? Either write or don’t. You’re an adult. If writing isn’t all that important to you, then spend your days doing something else… like playing billiards.
Thanks for reading!