I am at a loss as at what to turn this blog into - after my Amy post, which I was pretty damn proud of, I can't think of anything to write.
You see, I have two passions in my life - music and football. And I want to combine the two - I don't want this blog to be all about the trials and tribulations about being an AFC Bournemouth fan (and let's be honest, this season is no doubt going to be full of them, as it always is). I don't want to write constantly about music, new bands, favourite bands, favourite songs. Because if you knew me, you'd know this: I hate listening to new bands, my favourite band of all time is Muse and my favourite song is....well, it's a toss-up between the Muse version of Feeling Good, Exogenesis Symphony Part 1, Time is Running Out, Unintended & Starlight (haha, I know...shut up). Yes, music does make me feel...euphoric and devastated and giddy all at the same time. But then so does football. I could easily compare the joy I, and many other Bournemouth fans, had when Danny Ings scored what should've been the winning goal at Huddersfield and effectively putting us in the play-off final to going to watch Muse at Wembley, with someone else who loves them as much as I do, and hearing them launch into Starlight and singing along with 90,000 other people.
I can't just...write. I can't go "Hey, this is the subject, this is what I want to say" and then...just do it. I mean, it has now taken me roughly and hour and three quarters to write this post because I keep on...deleting things and rewriting things. I don't have enough faith in my writing. I've been told I'm good. I just don't have the attention span to sit down and write something. I will get distracted by something. Facebook, Twitter, some other random social networking site. That's just me!
I'm gonna finish this now. Two hours on a blog post that's only 350-odd words long is depressing!
Someone once told me your blog can be whatever you want it to be (that was my girlfriend).
ReplyDeleteI think that's true. I've been blogging for just under a year and I wrote a bunch of nonsense till got to a point where I feel generally happy with what I do. But I still have moments of "this is boring".
For instance, my post today. It's ok, but I think it's quite long and a bit too formal. No real flair to it. That's what I think I lack, but, the more I write, the better I'll get it (flair)
Blogging should be fun. So, just have fun with it.
If you see a cool video of Muse on youtube, share it. And say why you like it.
Trick is to stop worrying.
Take it from me. There is nothing better than when you bump into some random person from school and they say "I like your blog".
I had exactly the same worries when I started blogging. You get into it, promise. Keep at it, write anything, even if it's shit, and in the end it won't be shit anymore.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of my favourite bloggers, and she wrote some excellent advice for new bloggers just starting out. Might be worth a read.
http://www.ohmishka.com/2011/07/thinking-of-starting-blog.html
If you like writing, people will like reading it.
So keep going.
I really like your style :-)
Haha, Gareth and I comment at exactly the same time. We're like, so in tune.
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