Even If It’s Trash

Write It

You take out the trash and put it in the bin. Of course you do. Who wants to live in a house full of trash. Only those that might be hoarders but even then comes a day when most of them are going to have to clear that trash to live in their house because if they don’t, trash will push them out of their own home. Trash will always be the roomie that keeps growing and giving more.

And the same goes for writing. Take your trashy writing out by putting it on screen or notebook. There’s no need to hit submit or publish. Just let it sit there in the corner. Out and away. Gone and cleared.

Trashy writing can be classed as a form of brainstorming. You’re writing it down and giving it a place and making it real. And like clearing your house you may well find things and thoughts that you can make use of later in the form of a great piece of writing.

So even if you think you’ve written a load of trash don’t do anything in a rush. Don’t press submit or publish. Let it sit a while. Let days pass if need be. It’s not hurting anyone but you’ve got it out of your writing mind.

And like clearing actual trash we’ve all said “I’ll think about that before I finally chuck it”. No problem at all. Think about it at your own pace.

And then maybe revisit that utter rubbish that you’ve written. Read it again. Read it out loud. Discuss it with your two-year-old child. Bore your cat with it. Is there anything you could use for an article. Something might just peek out at you. In that mountain of dross, there may well be a nugget of gold.

So two things can happen here. You can either find that nugget of gold and write a great piece or it really is dross and you press delete.

No writing is ever wasted. You’ve either got the trash out of your system or found a piece of gold. Both are good.

And “empty bin” is great.