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My Medium Writers Block Is Off The Charts

Why is writing so difficult?

Diane Egan
2 min readAug 9, 2021
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

“Go ahead,” they said. “Write about things you know on Medium. It will be lots of fun!” Who came up with these words of wisdom in the first place?

Adulthood was uneventful for me. My sense of humor is wickedly warped. I started making a list of topics I know about, but I don’t think they’re interesting enough for people to read what I’ve written.

The List

  • Relationships
  • Marriage
  • Divorce — see Marriage
  • Children and Raising Them — yeah…that didn’t go very well — see Divorce
  • Bookkeeping
  • Working for Small Businesses
  • Designing T-Shirts
  • Caregiving — see Marriage
  • Parents with Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia
  • Fear of getting Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia
  • Dogs and Cats
  • Sick, Dead, or Dying Dogs and Cats
  • Insomnia
  • Death (people)
  • Humor — although yours might not be as warped as mine
  • Senior Citizens — they are my people
  • Introverts — can’t write about…

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Diane Egan
Diane Egan

Written by Diane Egan

Writer | Wife | Caregiver | Need Therapy | In Therapy | Warped Sense of Humor | Joke and Storyteller | I Love Coffee 💕 https://paypal.me/DianeEganCom

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