So true. One trick I've learned over the years (when writing something serious) is just to keep it simple and stay within my limitations. Too often people try to impress their readers and wind up writing big words, long sentences and write long dissertations. Rule of thumb on a message board is to try to keep it to 3 paragraphs at most, otherwise you lose people. I can be guilty of that too. My challenge is two-fold, after spending the difficult period of putting thoughts to paper, I'll set it aside for awhile. Then I come back and cut it, simplify it, for the poor victims who have to read my sh/t. Learning to put the words to paper is often difficult, learning to cut and edit is equally important IMHO.Oh god, I'm in this boat too. It's so hard to find the words sometimes and you just end up falling back into the same phrases. I sometimes FEEL like I know what I'm thinking, but can't put the words to it.
I'll never write a masterpiece. I'd get writer's block just trying (never get out of the starter's block). If a thought is too difficult, just write it best you can, simply. Leave it. Come back to it later and fix it best you can. I might not succeed but the exercise is good over the long run. I think haha.
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