
Blogger. Marketer. Videographer. Presenter. Social Media expert. Podcaster. Writer?
I'm a nerd who likes to be good at things. No, great at a lot of things. For me, turning my hand to new skills doesn't simply mean 'knowing enough to get by' but obsessing over it until I'm the best I can possibly be. I've spent the last eight or so years adding such strings to my professional bow. And now I'm lost.
Somewhere in between the YouTube videos, print magazine features and global marketing campaigns, I feel as though I've forgotten how to write. In fact, being the very best writer I can be is the thing I've been putting off the most. In truth, it's the only thing I want to be great at. Sure, I can write brilliant brand copy, advise on your tone of voice and pull together a marvellous power point presentation on your social media strategy. But when it comes to really writing, you know the personal columns and, heaven forbid, that heart-wrenching short story, I'm all out of ideas. Or it's possible I have too many ideas.

I joined the fabulous ladies at Write Like A Grrrl earlier this year to help get my creative juices flowing again. It's a really brilliant six-week course that I'd absolutely recommend to anyone who wants to get stuck into creative writing, with a Next Step course that I regrettable wussed out of. Why? Because then I would be required to actually finish at least one of the four short stories I'd attempted to pen during the course.
Now I edit an 'award winning blog', head up all sorts of video content for a global entertainment company, freelance for a major music magazine and run a podcast. I'm essentially running out of ways to procrastinate from trying to write again.
'Read more and write as much as possible'
That's the best advice I've been given but with so much else going on, it's long been the easiest one to ignore. I could read, or I could make another YouTube video, grow our social reach and score some record blog visits. That's a whole lot easier than trying to write.
Ideas and inspiration welcome, for a former writer who just wants to write some more.
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