Yesterday's sleep post was awesome. I was just in the zone. And I wrote. And I drew. And I drew. And I drew.

Then wrote.

Yeah, there's a secret to this, but my comics held me back. I was insistent on having the near-comic-only format. And I threw off the fetters of this rigid-mindedness (how odd, the creative work comicking held my creative thinking abilities at bay!). And now I've got a secret.

Now I've got a secret. A secret to the way I write. A secret that I'd wish to share with you today!

And that secret...
is...
a secret that I have not discovered yet! :)

Upset your audience,
Lose your life.

I'm scaring myself. Okay, okay, I'm lying! I might now a little bit about my secret after all!

It's 10:30 PM right here in Malaysia. And just a little earlier today (like, uhm 9 PM), I was writing my post. I was thinking, "Cool! Everyone loves my post! Yesterday was the 2nd time I've created a funny post like this and everyone's Loooaving iteth." (Ahem, I mean "loving it" -- please excuse my typing lisp.)

Sorry, guys. Just lazy to correct my typo :P

From the first time I made such a post, I was enjoying the freaking hell out of myself (Uhm, not what you're thinking)! I was just being self-amused (still not) and playing with myself (I swear, it's still not)!

I was having soooo much fun I was worried that I wasn't being considerate enough of my audience! I was laughing at every sentence I made and I kept trying to make it even funnier! So I thought I was going overboard and cut my post short.

But I was very surprised and grateful for the feedback my readers gave. Their comments just kept getting better and better! And if I were to just summarize it in a line, it'd be by @mourningnoodles here:

Text for you mobile readers:
"Never tone it down @reconstitution."

So, I made 2 posts where they are very successful, engaging. And back to my above story of sitting here at 9 PM.

With the many successes that I had under my belt (two), I decided to myself that I'd write about upvotes. Since that was something I've been facing and struggling with recently. So I sat down, and told myself have fun!

So I write.

I think of a story. And I think of funny words. And I had fun!!! And I was stuck.

Oh, I have to dis-qualify, "And I had fun!!!" -- I didn't really have fun. I was me saying "have fun, have fun, have fun. BE fun," but without noticing it. How natural is that?

Coool!! I remembered to have fun!

It wasn't working for me. And it was already 10:30. I realized my previous post took me 2 hours to write. "I can't spend 2 hours till 12:30 to write my next post!!"

So I thought, "Okay, lah! (lah = Malaysian slang word) Time to abandon ship!"

I didn't wanna force myself to be something else. So I began to write about how I was having trouble writing my post. And then. Maaaagically.

It clicked.

It flowed.

How it happened, I don't know.

Then I realized!! Calmly Gaaaasp This was what someone else said in my first good post (edited):

@kchitrah's comment nearly sounds like a poem, doesn't it?

I began to enter my mode again, coz I chose a topic and struggle that was more real to me. It was more real to me than "getting better upvotes." It was more ME!

When I was stuck, I was trying to tell people some convoluted list of things about upvotes I didn't understand before and that I was now feeling quite expert-ish at it. (Yes, that was what my post was gonna be, lol!)

But in this post right now. I'm just FRUST, yo! And I wanted to tell it to you. And then I got my rhythm back! (What is this?! x"D)

The trouble of being able to write.

Final Thought

Sooooo.

I'm happy with the first part of this post, personally! But for the 2nd half, I don't really feel it. I'm still a work in progress, but I feel that I've touched a little something here!

I'll work on studying my posts a little more when I've got the time (and sleep), and maybe update you on the latest news!

But for now! :)

To conclude my post:
If you're having trouble writing your posts,
And you feel you're not having fun,
And you're forcing yourself.

If any of the above resonates with you, especially if you're a fellow Steemian, my suggestion would be to just...

Abandon ship!
Write what you're feeling :P
Poke a little fun at yourself!
Use more informal speech :D

I'm sure you'll be fine!

:)

He's gonna do fine!
He followed my advice

Links

First good post here
Second good post here

Discord Groups I've Joined!:

 

 

 

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