The biggest fear of amateur writers.
You see something completely empty, and you don’t know how to make it not empty.
The screen intimidates you, scares you, deters you, does about everything except encourage you to fill it.
The first sentence is everything. What if I can’t get it right? Wait, didn’t I have to go walk the dog? Perhaps I can watch one more episode to get it out of my system, then I can finally start without any distractions. I’m feeling hungry, too. Maybe I can order some takeout. And while I wait for the food, I could think of better ways to start writing. Alright, sounds like a plan!
Such thoughts are the reason a blank screen remains a blank screen.
The act of starting to write is just that: starting to write.
The act of writing is just writing.
Just write, however dull it may look or sound.
Rarely does anyone get it right the first time.
The goal is to get something on the screen—anything—even if it’s not what you had in mind.
Because once the blank screen is no longer blank, you’ll see it wasn’t as awful as you had imagined.
Conquer the blank screen, the blank canvas, and the blank life, and you’d have achieved something the majority never dared.
Here’s my quote for the day.
Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.
George S. Clason