A Songwriters Challenge
hello all -
so, I am going to give this blogging thing a go. I have to be honest with you though, I’m a little nervous about it. My hands are actually sweating! The pressure to be funny, clever and smart and sarcastic in all the right places, to say something actually WORTH saying. There are LOTS of things people say that they really should NOT say. and there are so many FUNNY blogs, like this one for example: www.backboneracing.blogspot.com
who am I to think that I have ANYTHING at all worth saying? Not to mention something that someone else may find remotely interesting? Seriously – I expect you to skim over this with a sort of glazed ho hum and move along about the internet in your search for something interesting. I am so sorry I could not provide it. Really. I am.
So with that i have to say, I make no promises on being funny. Or smart for that matter. I won’t even attempt clever. I have a VERY hard time writing ANYTHING down that someone may see or read. It’s already taken me 2 hours to write this much – I’m not kidding. I write, then delete, write it, delete it – UGH, COME ON! just write it already!
I guess all of the above is why i became a songwriter.
So this is my songwriting challenge to myself. CAN I WRITE? Just write. Nothing clever. Just write. So, you’re thinking, if it’s not clever or funny or smart or witty WHY OH WHY would you even WANT to write it down? That’s a good question. But I think I actually have a lot to say. I think. Maybe. If I could actually let my brain get my fingers to type it out and not delete it. My rule is going to be that i have to write something everyday. I think that’s doable. Sort of a journal – just to start with…and if the phobia goes away on it’s own and I can actually have words FLOW out on the page without having to PRY them out with a fucking fork then maybe this will turn into something a little less painful and a little more fun. for everyone.
Plus, I don’t really want to go see a shrink for Graphophobia or Scriptophobia, so I’ll give this a try first.
Enjoy! (whoo!! that took me about 2 and a half hours. we’re off to a good start)
LB
