I can't emphasize exactly how much I needed to hear this right now. I don't remember when I first encountered it, but I once read that "Real writers don't write because they want to be writers, real writers write because they have something to say and can't hold it in anymore" and it's made me feel like if I decide in a specific moment that I want to write a story or novel and then have to spend any time figuring out what I want to write about, then I shouldn't bother because a good idea worth reading about will come to me first. It's hard to unlearn even though it sounds ridiculous!
I can't emphasize exactly how much I needed to hear this right now. I don't remember when I first encountered it, but I once read that "Real writers don't write because they want to be writers, real writers write because they have something to say and can't hold it in anymore" and it's made me feel like if I decide in a specific moment that I want to write a story or novel and then have to spend any time figuring out what I want to write about, then I shouldn't bother because a good idea worth reading about will come to me first. It's hard to unlearn even though it sounds ridiculous!