Writing – Aubri Black

Life May 7, 2018

The Fear of Imperfect Writing

There are days when I have a lot to say and write about, but I don’t know where to start. I type and I type and I type, but I end up not writing anything that is blog-worthy. Though I am unsure if I know what that even is at this point. I’m a recovering perfectionist, or rather some days I still am one, who reads all the blogs, books and articles I can to know how to be a better writer and blogger. And then boom the overwhelm creeps in. I can’t seem to keep all the advice straight. So I don’t post anything because it doesn’t have a theme or a point or isn’t well-written or doesn’t pass the length test or whatever reason the other people told me I needed to do in order to be great. Too many times I have started blogs and then dropped…

Life October 14, 2017

Does Writer’s Block Exist?

It is not that I have nothing to write. It is that I have too much to write. I start and go down one path then another then another. My head is swimming in thoughts and some connect, some don’t. Probably some on a subconscious level do and don’t connect, confusing all other conscious thoughts. I used to think that I got writer’s block. I don’t think I do. In some ways, I don’t think it exists. Maybe it does for some people, but it manifests itself in different ways. I never run out of things to write about, I simply run into something else that blocks my creativity. I get a thing I call perfectionism block. Where my mind shuts off when it discovers I can’t do something perfectly. As soon as it thinks through all the possibilities and the idea that I might have missed or perspectives…

Life September 12, 2017

What is a Copywriter?

Recently I’ve noticed that what I do for a living is not a commonly known term. When people ask me what I do, I say: “I’m a copywriter.” Side Note: I am also a writer, but if I said writer—and not copywriter—people usually think novels, poetry, articles, etc. (which I do write), but those are not how I make money (right now). I’m a freelance copywriter. The next question is: What’s a copywriter? After I explain, these are some of the responses I’ve gotten: Oh, I thought you made photocopies or were a scribe. I figured you copied other people’s writing. Ok, so you’re not a ghostwriter? I was thinking you wrote copyright laws or some legal thing like that. I’m glad people ask. The other day I went to a new hairstylist, and her first response was to laugh when I used the term “copywriting” as if…

Life September 7, 2017

Is Writing Easy for You?

I read a post on Medium from a guy, who said writing comes easy to him. He just sits down and writes. Boom. Done. It’s been like that since he was 10 years old. He just writes like he talks. While writing like you talk can be good advice in some cases (like a blog), and that is super great, for him…to me, that was super annoying! Do you remember that star athlete in high school who could do any sport and succeed at it, even if it was the first time they tried it? It was hard not to be jealous of them (unless that was you), but we all know jealousy gets you nowhere…. Or what about those kids who thought they were the greatest at something, but really weren’t self-aware enough to know where their skill level actually was at? Writing, at least lately, has not been easy for…