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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

I want to write

I want to write, I want to write all the time, and if I could I would write volumes and volumes.  My mind works all the time, and if I could write everything down, I'm sure some of that would be profound, inspiring, and even educational.

But even with practically no constraints on my life I'm still having problems finding time to write.  Or write something that I think is worth reading.  And for some reason I feel guilty about that.  I can't find time to be productive in any sense and it bothers me.  

I have however been spending some energy reading.  I got some great books for Christmas and am almost through them all.  I see that this somehow informs my writing, but I don't feel like my reading is affecting anyone else.  And that's what I like about writing.  I like that I feel that I have something important to say, I say and it is read by someone, thereby involving someone else in my writing process.

Otherwise I could spend days not interacting with anyone I don't live with.

I don't claim to be an award winning writer.  Until recently I had a hard time stringing sentences together in any kind of coherent manner.  But I've gotten better, and I hope that I will continue on my journey.  

Some things about my writing.  I don't like to use 5 words where 2 words would do.  I like to call things as I see them.  And I would rather write like I was having a conversation with my reader, each individually, than as a journalist speaking to the masses.

While this particular blog entry isn't very interesting, and does not have much substance, it's my attempt to write for the day.  It also serves to inform you why there has been a slow down in posts lately.

I also have sinusitis... that has something to do with it as well.