The Process of Dreary Ol’ from ‘What to Write’ to ‘Just Let it Be’

 The Process of Dreary Ol’ from ‘What to Write’ to ‘Just Let it Be’

The struggle of ‘what to write, how to start’ is an eternal headache. You build up your intent with a cup of strong black coffee. Prep the mind and hunt for any speck of creativity. The favourite playlist, check. The current perfect track on loop, check. You take the first sip of caffeine from the cup’s rim, waiting to get the infamous ‘hit’ of positive creativity. Suddenly, the power of conquering the world, or changing the routine does not seem so overwhelming. 

You take the notebook and the pen or a blank Microsoft document (something I am sure most of us do) and start scribbling. Words, big and small, simple or compound, sentences flying all around you. 

The full idea of ‘what to write’ is yet to bloom. But you know in your heart that you can overcome this creative block. You can and you have to. So you straighten yourself up, reposition your posture in the chair where you have been sitting for the last two hours. You look around, fidget with the phone again for no special reason. By now, you realize once again that the backspace key has become your best friend. And then all of a sudden, you take a deep breath and tell yourself ‘Oh what the heck!’ And you start ‘writing’...