As a general rule, I don’t like anything that I write. Usually though, I can see that it doesn’t suck; I can usually see when I’m writing something that other people will like. How do I know when I’m not? Simple. When I sit down to write, whether it’s on paper or on my laptop, I have music on. Once I start writing, the music fades into the background; that is what I like to call being in ‘The Zone’. It means that I’m writing furiously, that what I write most likely won’t suck. That badly, anyway.

And that is how I know that what I’m writing right now is awful; I’m actually singing along with the music. It’s just so much more difficult to get into writing when you have a deadline. And yes, I know this is my own fault. I realise this. That doesn’t help me, nor does it make writing any easier. I should have started a lot earlier, but I couldn’t make up my mind on the topic. In fact, I’ve had to change it since I started writing, because, well.. it was just a terrible idea.

I know that none of what I’m saying is new, and most of it is experienced by every other person who has to write something at some stage in their life. I know that. I also know that nothing I write is going to be as unique or as good as I want it to be, and that’s frustrating, even more so than not being able to get into ‘The Zone’. I want to be able to write well, to write stuff that people remember, that people are inspired by. Right now, I’m not feeling like that will ever happen.

Sucks to be me, huh?