Remember, Remember the 8th of November

Spending time on social media is affecting how I write.

The character limits force me to re-word and shorten my point…but I’m a long form kind of gal. Writing is how I make sense of the world, to a large degree. Whether or not I post it for others to see is a different story. Nevertheless, keeping everything short and simple is giving me the worst case of writers block. I write a couple of paragraphs and it feels like I’ve written two pages. I feel like I’m constantly repeating myself and this isn’t how I write. The substance is lacking… even with these daily posts. When I re-read what I’ve written, it sounds like a running stream of jibberish.

So, I’ve been reading more than usual…but it hasn’t made me want to write anything. I think it might be helpful to remove the social media off my phone that doesn’t contribute to my writing. I don’t want my writing reduced to captions on Instagram. I’ll always have so much more to say than a character limit allows. I think it would do me some good to be in the company of other writers….