Finding My Voice

I've been struggling with what to write for a long time. The words just don't flow and nothing comes to me when I actually make time to write. Words come to me late at night when I'm sleeping or early in the morning before I have the urge to get out of bed.

What is preventing me from writing is that I'm afraid what I put on the screen won't sound right. It won't be perfect. It won't represent my "personal brand." Yet, what if I just write what I'm feeling, letting it flow? I need to just let it be what it is going to be. Not every word or every sentence will sound how "I think it should sound" but what does that really mean anyway?

While I want to let it flow and there is so much I want to bleed from the inner being of who I am, I'm afraid it is too much in another sense, not just that it would not sound right.  I can't say this or say that and have my innermost thoughts so public on the Internet. I know others do that, but being a marketing person, I know that can get you in trouble!

So how much do I let everyone know while making it still authentic? I'm not a fluffy writer; I write about things that matter most. I write about deep thoughts. Where is the happy medium between just enough and too much?

Perhaps I need to go deep in thought to figure this one out.....

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