I’ve had a heck of a time sitting down and just writing here on the blog these past couple of years.
That’s not to say that I have quit writing–far from it. Nor have I quit blogging. In fact, I’ve typically put out a minimum of one item a day for the past 5+ years. That is something that hasn’t changes, and I don’t see it changing any time soon.
But in terms of writing longer-form essays on the music business or other such topics, I find myself, well, less interested in putting fingers to keys and doing any actual writing.
It’s not that I’m sick of writing. I’m not. Maybe it’s the fact that I was in school from 2007-09 and am still somewhat burned out from all the papers I had to churn out for my degree. Maybe it’s the fact that I’m a lot happier at my new job than I was freelancing and therefore don’t feel the need to rehash these tired old topics I covered previously.
Or maybe… just maybe… it’s that I continue to evolve as a teacher/musician/blogger/podcaster, constantly shifting shape and finding new avenues of exploration.
I’m still extremely active online, but I’ve gotten more focused on the podcasting side of things, which I think it the most constructive thing I do on the net. I’m also busy as a teacher and organizing events in the area (more on that later!).
While it certainly seems that I’m less active as a creative writer than I was a few years ago, I have been feeling the writing bug lately, so we’ll see what results from that. Not being a student anymore certainly seems to be helping!
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Great post – I too have felt a lessening desire to write long articles, perhaps as a result of spending too much time on Twitter and Facebook. My recent blog stats have shown that long articles currently perform no better than short articles among my readers.
Perhaps it’s the nature of blogging these days that a greater number of shorter posts is the norm.
Thanks, Chris! Glad to know that I’m not the only one who goes through this.
Just keep on the Great work!