Along the lines of F. Scott Fitzgerald's quote that, you don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have to say something.
I've never really understood the meaning of that quote, and when I first read it, it was not inspiring at all. Until I ran into the Morning Pages. For serious writers, the Morning Pages are a place to warm up, do some stretches, and let the pen wander.
Because the threat to writing is thinking. Or rather, over-thinking.
And I think when I re-read that quote, it spoke to me and said, it's not necessary that you want to say things, but there are some things that you need to speak out and say.
Nobody may pay attention, but write them down anyway.
Format be damned.
So I now have a schedule, that I'm not keeping to. I started this note on the 2nd of February, supposed to have been posted on the 28th of January, and now it's the 5th of February and my last target was the 4th of February.
Circular thinking.
The new rules for posting for 2025 was an exercise in process - deadlines and words - not content. It's tougher to do than it looks.
So let's try it another way - write until the word count is reached and then publish without too much overthinking.
And that's all for today.
