Be a blog donor
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed."
It’s said that Ernest Hemingway once described writing like that. Exactly what he meant, or if he even said it, we’ll never know.
But I think many of us recognize that feeling. We sit down and pour it all out. Or we try to, but not a single word comes. It’s all just clogged up.
Maybe the latter is connected to the former, just like coagulated blood is related to what once flowed freely. We don’t want to bleed. We want writing to be pure bliss, so we shy away at the thought of blood.
But does writing always have to be painless and fun? If it stings a little now and then, does that mean it’s bad?
“This may sting a little”, like the nurse says when you’re donating blood. It hurts a bit, but it’s for a good cause. Your effort helps others, even if you never meet the receiver.
You can be a blog donor too.