These Steps May Solve Creative and Writing Worries

Focusing and pausing

Do you feel you have to write every day? Or are you struggling with choosing between writing a long article and a short one?

And deep down, you know quality matters.

So what do we do?

The following may help you think about how you approach your creative and writing worries.

Focusing

Benny Lim writes about his experiences talking to the man with an entrepreneur mind — money, and work. Never chase money, and chase the kind of work you want to do.

Money is like water or fluid that goes around people and the world.

I guess we all have the keys to unlock and allow it to come.

While everyone has concerns about their money, Benny reminds himself to pursue his dream and the quality of writing.

Being productive, pumping out one piece after another every day may seemingly diminish the quality of the writing. But, it’s okay as long as you have a small chunk of something for readers to take away in your writing; even if it’s not so obvious.

If not every day, it’s okay too. There are ways to procrastinate in the right ways.

Pausing (allow good procrastination after focusing)

Taking your dog for a walk is one way, as Ryan Poter suggests. You can accumulate ideas while doing something.

Ideas come and go. You never know which one will solve your problems. Sometimes they only pass your mind for a few seconds. Catch them, reflect on them, pick and choose, and use them among those you caught in the back of your mind or in your notebook.

While reflecting, including your directions and goals, you can also assess if things you want to pursue are the right ones. Not making any immediate actions on those may be right in some cases.

In writing, not immediately writing out one idea may turn out a better result. You then can put those small ideas together and construct a longer piece. It may tell a better story.

On the other hand, small pieces may not necessarily be less valuable. Readers love concise and beautifully constructed short articles as well. Here are great examples: a short form by Kristina God and a 3-min article by Kiran Yasmin.

Takeaway

Keep thinking. Shift your mind, doing something else. If ideas come, catch them, assess them, and use them.

Thanks for reading!