Horrible Writing

So let's be honest here.
Words are hard.
Writing is hard.

And some days are a lot harder than others.
What can we do on those days?
The ones where everything we write sounds stupid to us,
or end up being the exact opposite of what we meant.
When our characters go on strike,
or fly to Hawaii on an unplanned vacation
and forget to send us our invite.

Well, some of my favorite things
are to either talk about writing,
write about writing,
or just ignore the fact that my writing seems stupid
and just plow away on my keyboard,
determined to mine something out of my brain-mush,
even if it's simply ridiculous and rambley.
Because at least I'm writing.
I'm not giving up.

And yes, I'd call some of that Horrible.
I might even call this 'Horrible'.
Ask me about that tomorrow,
when I'm not sleep deprived and a little bit deranged.

But, because I wrote today
and made it a point to update this blog,
I'm going to say that I won.
Huzzah, for little victories!
And guess what?
I suck a little less than I did yesterday,
because I did this thing
and didn't let my doubts overtake my love for this weird writing stuff.

Don't stop writing.
Even if it's horrible.
At least you haven't given up on your story
and on yourself.
That's better than most people can say.

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Hey guys, here's a little side note for you. What prompted this poem, is an interview that I did with Paul Sating on his podcast called (you guessed it!) Horrible Writing.

It's really fun, and if you wanna hear it, here's the link:
http://horriblewriting.lisbyn.com/website/category/49-using-writing-to-communicate-when-you-cant-with-poet-cheyenne-bramwell

Have a wonderful day! I love you guys <3