Yesterday's sleep post was awesome. I was just in the zone. And I wrote. And I drew. And I drew. And I drew.
Then wrote.
Yeah, there's a secret to this, but my comics held me back. I was insistent on having the near-comic-only format. And I threw off the fetters of this rigid-mindedness (how odd, the creative work comicking held my creative thinking abilities at bay!). And now I've got a secret.
Now I've got a secret. A secret to the way I write. A secret that I'd wish to share with you today!
And that secret...
is...
a secret that I have not discovered yet! :)
Lose your life.
I'm scaring myself. Okay, okay, I'm lying! I might now a little bit about my secret after all!
It's 10:30 PM right here in Malaysia. And just a little earlier today (like, uhm 9 PM), I was writing my post. I was thinking, "Cool! Everyone loves my post! Yesterday was the 2nd time I've created a funny post like this and everyone's Loooaving iteth." (Ahem, I mean "loving it" -- please excuse my typing lisp.)
From the first time I made such a post, I was enjoying the freaking hell out of myself (Uhm, not what you're thinking)! I was just being self-amused (still not) and playing with myself (I swear, it's still not)!
I was having soooo much fun I was worried that I wasn't being considerate enough of my audience! I was laughing at every sentence I made and I kept trying to make it even funnier! So I thought I was going overboard and cut my post short.
But I was very surprised and grateful for the feedback my readers gave. Their comments just kept getting better and better! And if I were to just summarize it in a line, it'd be by 
"Never tone it down
."So, I made 2 posts where they are very successful, engaging. And back to my above story of sitting here at 9 PM.
With the many successes that I had under my belt (two), I decided to myself that I'd write about upvotes. Since that was something I've been facing and struggling with recently. So I sat down, and told myself have fun!
So I write.
I think of a story. And I think of funny words. And I had fun!!! And I was stuck.
Oh, I have to dis-qualify, "And I had fun!!!" -- I didn't really have fun. I was me saying "have fun, have fun, have fun. BE fun," but without noticing it. How natural is that?
It wasn't working for me. And it was already 10:30. I realized my previous post took me 2 hours to write. "I can't spend 2 hours till 12:30 to write my next post!!"
So I thought, "Okay, lah! (lah = Malaysian slang word) Time to abandon ship!"
I didn't wanna force myself to be something else. So I began to write about how I was having trouble writing my post. And then. Maaaagically.
It clicked.
It flowed.
How it happened, I don't know.
Then I realized!! Calmly Gaaaasp This was what someone else said in my first good post (edited):
's comment nearly sounds like a poem, doesn't it? I began to enter my mode again, coz I chose a topic and struggle that was more real to me. It was more real to me than "getting better upvotes." It was more ME!
When I was stuck, I was trying to tell people some convoluted list of things about upvotes I didn't understand before and that I was now feeling quite expert-ish at it. (Yes, that was what my post was gonna be, lol!)
But in this post right now. I'm just FRUST, yo! And I wanted to tell it to you. And then I got my rhythm back! (What is this?! x"D)
Final Thought
Sooooo.
I'm happy with the first part of this post, personally! But for the 2nd half, I don't really feel it. I'm still a work in progress, but I feel that I've touched a little something here!
I'll work on studying my posts a little more when I've got the time (and sleep), and maybe update you on the latest news!
But for now! :)
To conclude my post:
If you're having trouble writing your posts,
And you feel you're not having fun,
And you're forcing yourself.
If any of the above resonates with you, especially if you're a fellow Steemian, my suggestion would be to just...
Abandon ship!
Write what you're feeling :P
Poke a little fun at yourself!
Use more informal speech :D
I'm sure you'll be fine!
:)
He followed my advice
Links
First good post here
Second good post here
Discord Groups I've Joined!:
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