Blogging Dilemma / October 18 2007
Nelson has been blogging about how good he is at worrying. Well, we are cut from the same cloth; and this is evidenced by how remarkably talented yours truly is in this respect, too.
What I find most worrying is the fact that, generally speaking, Nelson and I are both fully aware that we are worrying completely unnecessarily about most things, but still we cannot desist. I am worried that I simply worry too much. I am reminded at this point by something very pertinent that is reported to have been said by Mark Twain: ‘I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.’ It is comforting to know that I am not alone in my Worry Hell.
Today I am agonising over the fact that I cannot think of anything to write about. I am wringing my hands and grinding my teeth in nervous desperation as I sit here staring at a blank monitor. My eager little cursor is blinking away and its full of thrill and tiny anticipation coming at the big delight what I am about to make it do on the waiting page. See! That last sentence was awful. Now I am worried that I can no longer write proper.
The problem with writing a post everyday is that, when I am very busy, I sometimes cannot find the time to blog; and when there is nothing happening, there is nothing to write about. You see my dilemma here? This is when one is prone to writing meaningless drivel – like today. (Like every day. – Ed.)
It is also easy to fall into the trap of writing about blogging - which is a totally redundant concept, rather like writing songs about mixing desks.
Oh, wait . . . something popped into my mind there for a second . . . no, sorry, it’s gone.
Inspiration is a cruel and capricious mistress. She often fails to visit, especially when you really need her. And I certainly need her right now. I’m just not very clever. I haven’t got Brains, you see. Only grey fluff that’s blown into my head by mistake.
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4 comments on “Blogging Dilemma”
Despina / October 21st, 2007 at 1:47 pm
have you read the article called Nothing to Write in Stephen Fry’s paperweight? he says you can get away with that sort of article once and once only!
Napoleon Fantastic / October 21st, 2007 at 1:54 pm
Despina,
No I haven’t read that, though I completely agree with him. I promise to never lapse like that again.
Jo Beaufoix / October 22nd, 2007 at 11:34 am
I read that too Despina. Stephen Fry is a God.
Maybe you could write about Stephen Fry, stir Frys, or erm, Fry’s mint Creams.
I hate it when you have nothing to say but you need to say it.
Those days when you scan the news praying for something mad or funny to have happened. Or you hope something drops from the sky on to your head, or explodes in your kitchen just so you’ll have something to write about.
Arghhhhhhhhhh.
Napoleon Fantastic / October 22nd, 2007 at 11:55 am
Jo,
I know! Nobody know the things what us talented writers have to go through.
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