Are you creative for you or your readers?

I know that everyone has a different reason for reading my blog, or for writing their own. But, after spending the last 6 months working on this one, I have figured out that there is one main point that I have to think about: Am I creative for me or my readers? The answer is, and must be, both!

I *try* to write everyday for those 2 reasons: me and my readers. It is important for me to think about both when writing, because if I lose one, I will lose automatically lose the other. A blog can not function without readers. Okay, it can, it just won’t have the same results. And it absolutely can’t function without posts.

For example; If I were to stop writing for me (or about things that I care about) I would have no desire to write. No desire = no posts. No posts = no readers. On the other side, if I were to start losing my readers, I would do one of two things: think that people have gone crazy or think that my writing has become poor. Either way, I would change what I was writing about to try to attract people back, in turn, I would now not be writing for me and wouldn’t want to write anyway! Which means no readers = no desire, and using the transitive property we already know, no desire = no posts. (Wow, my alegebra teacher would be porud of me!).

Vicious circle, I know.

So – how do you stop it from happening? The simplest answer: make sure that whatever reason you have for writing is fulfilled and you can avoid the trap of the transitive property!

For me, that means that I make sure that I like what I write, why I write it and the conclusion I make.  It also means that I try to pose questions, stimulate conversation and write about things that can help the people who read my blog.  People don’t come back to be bored, they come back to find ideas, motivation and inspiration.

What does it mean for you? What is your reason for writing? Do you think my formula is crazy or brilliant (or neither)? Feel free to share with me on how I can share better with you!

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