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21 reasons I’m not writing right now

Published 25 days ago • 1 min read

Hey Reader,

Here are 21 reasons I’m not writing what I “should” be right now:

  1. I have finished my cup of tea.
  2. It's cold in here and my fingers ache.
  3. My tshirt is upsetting me.
  4. My hair is upsetting me.
  5. My skin is too tight and, yes, it’s upsetting me.
  6. I can hear too many things.
  7. I can’t hear anything but now my headphones are hurting my head.
  8. My stupid glasses keep slipping down my stupid nose.
  9. I need to go and make a cup of tea.
  10. My legs hurt.
  11. My butt hurts.
  12. My back hurts.
  13. My brain hurts.
  14. My pen tin is in the wrong place.
  15. My book pile is in the wrong order.
  16. That sudoku puzzle needs finishing first.
  17. I’m hungry.
  18. I’m thirsty.
  19. I still haven’t made a cup of tea.
  20. I need to light a candle because there’s a funny smell.
  21. I can smell too many things.

Okay.

But what’s the real reason I’m not writing right now?

I’m not sure what to write about.

The blank page is very blank pagey today.

Some days, it just does not feel feasible to write anything at all, let alone easy to write…

Luckily, though, I have something that will help:

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If this sounds like you:

  • You’re not writing consistently and it’s annoying the ever living butt out of you, and you want to be a person who writes every day, but you’re not…
  • You’re writing, but you’re bored with it and it doesn’t sound like you and you’re sick and tired of stupid post templates that make you sound like a cardboard cut-out of somebody else…
  • You’re not writing at all because everything is ridiculous and how does one even do that and you think that you could be a person who writes every day if you could just figure out how to do that…

Well, joining me for Write Every Damn Day on Easy Mode will certainly be the best decision you make this Spring.

​Find out all about it and join me here.​

TTFN,

Vicky

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