The First Blog Post Sucks
Creative blocks are going to happen. There's nothing you can do about it.
Your first blog post is going to suck.
This isn't to be mean or critical, it's just a fact. You aren't really certain what they're writing about, you're probably not even sure how to use whatever program you're using -two days to figure out the "submit" button!- and you're probably not even that good at writing yet.
But that's OK. There's always room for improvement and the first steps towards that passive income earning blog or dream freelance writing gig are just sitting down and writing. That first post is special; it is unequivocal proof that you're smart enough, productive enough, and hardworking enough to create something. And isn't that wonderful? Isn't that art? You're sharing this thing you created to the world, even if you're rightfully afraid that other people won't like it. And it's really going to be fine if they don't. Maybe they weren't your audience or maybe they're just mean internet trolls. Doesn't matter: You created something and were brave enough to share it with the world and you know what? You're going to get better at it!
And then comes that next post. You'll use what you learned from the first post to make that second better, and the third one better, until by the fifth or tenth or hundredth post you have perfected your technique. You find your niche, you figure out how to add the submit button to your Contact Page, and your sentences will start to make sense to an audience that's greater than yourself and your long suffering English teacher. You will spend days writing and editing a post before spending another day just trying to find that perfect stock photo. You'll probably stay up until 4am only for all of your work from the past two days not to be saved due to a freak power outage. I can ensure that your friends and family will likely be concerned for your health and well-being. You may develop an energy drink addiction or, in my own case, an addiction to homemade frappes that never taste the exact same as Starbucks but, whatever, I will try and try again!
I can't guarantee that any of this will be a success. You may make a few hundred good posts and three hundred great ones, but that doesn't mean you'll see any success. There's a good chance that no one will comment on a single one, much less share one. By the hundredth one you may even decide that you hate the entire concept of blogging. Or maybe you'll love it but you just can't find that money for you need for your hosting service-
Maybe you will stop. But that is fine, that is okay. You gave it a try and got farther than most so-called "writers" who never write a single damn thing that they intend to share with the rest of the world if they write anything at all. It stays in their head, forever, wasting away there until they die and it dies with them. And you know what? That story or that blog or that novel or poem would have sucked, just like your first blog post. And maybe that is why they kept it to themselves, because they were afraid of what people would say or do. Or maybe they feared that no one would read it.
Your first of anything is going to not be your best work. And that's OK.
