What happens to Lamott often happens to me

Most of the time I just don't know what to write about or how to start. Sometimes I'll just type or write about random things. Or when I'm at the computer I type nonsense like "onweihn", or something and then see what the computer has to say about it. For that group of letters the computer says it could be "owing, owning, unwind, unseen, or no-win." I guess that's not a very good example though. I only do this every so often, and even then it doesn't work half the time. So maybe I shouldn't do that anymore.

Sometimes I ask other people what I should write about, and sometimes their ideas spark other ideas and I end up writing about something completely different that what they suggested. Then all I have to do is find out how to start. It has to be interesting or else nobody will want to read it. But the thing is that I sometimes think that how I start out isn't interesting enough when it really is. I mean, how am I supposed to know if other people will find it interesting? It's not like I can read their minds or anything. I guess I just need to be more confident in myself and not try to write what other people want me to write about, and just focus on what I want to write.