The year 2024 passed by too quickly for me. I’m not making this post to make excuses for my lack of writing but rather acknowledge that I have not written all year. My personal issues this year warped my focus and left me uninspired to properly type out my thoughts. I wanted to discuss what I experienced this year but somewhere along the way I lost my ability to clearly illustrate a point. Several topics appeared too much like a critique or drifting too far from my original point.
For example, I had plans for writing about Joker 2: Folie a Deux and my opinion on how horrible it was. My plans were to explore the message of the movie and how the idea of the character compared to the initial film had become misconstrued. However, during the drafting of it, I completely lost the tone of the post. It came off as ranting, and overly critical of minor aspects of the film. In addition, it parroted too many sentiments from other writers that lacked my own uniqueness. I don’t mind coming across as a hater, but I do not like posting about the negatives of a subject without critical thought.
Alternatively, I couldn’t do the same for the things I did like during this year. An example would be things like Tekken 8, Helldivers 2, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, or Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. I enjoyed all these things but lacked the feeling of writing about anything. The post would just be about me gushing over the product without a clear line of thinking.
I find that with my preferred style of writing is to be a sensible one. Instead of parading my opinions as facts or being overly emotional, I would like to explore the nuance of a subject. If my blog came off as a bitter critic or like clickbait, I would be betraying my style and myself. Simultaneously, I do not wish to ramble without a set point in mind just to provide content.
Comparatively, my lack of producing short stories was also an issue. I do not like the act of promoting things that are not in progress or not completely fleshed out. I have ideas but was for some reason severely lacking the confidence to write them this year. Which is fine because now it becomes an aspect of myself that I must overcome. I would like to think that writing on a consistent basis will iron out my self-pessimism, but only time will tell.
Moving to 2025, I am looking forward to writing more frequently. I am going to attempt to plan my day to include more time to type out different topics whether it is blogging related or short story related. Unfortunately, I am not the strongest planner because I enjoy operating off feelings. Regardless, I have a feeling that I can apply discipline to my writing output to make up for 2024.
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