I know that is a terrible word – blogging – and it isn't really even a word. At least I don't know that Webster's has welcomed it into its family yet.
I have spent time over the last year or more reading various blogs. Some personal, some for business, some craft related, some food related…and one thing they all have in common is I like reading them more than I like reading my own blog.
I have accepted the fact that I am not incredibly funny. Correction, people laugh at me a lot, but not because I told the most hilarious joke (because I always get the punchline wrong). I hear things in my head that sound funny to me, but that is usually because I have had about 5 minutes worth of internal-head-conversation with myself before anything comes out of my mouth…and most of the time, this internal-head-conversation has NOTHING to do with what comes out of my mouth. I say the most random things that make people look at me and try to trace the tracks of my thoughts. It makes perfect sense to me and I can usually tell you the twisted path my mind took to get there.
I have also accepted that I am not the best writer. Although mostly because I write the first thing that comes to mind and I don't edit much or strive for those words in my vocabulary that so desperately wanted to be dusted off. Also, because I am terribly out of practice at writing. Yes, I know…I write ALL the time here, but it's more journal than writing. At least I see journaling and writing to be different because of the way they are executed.
Mostly, I want to write something that I want to read. Because I imagine that if I don't like what I am writing, you don't like it either.
So I will be working on my content and its implementation. I always liked writing in school and I love reading. I love the intonation and visual effects words can take on and make depending on how they are compiled and written with other words. And how adding that one (or two) extra word really distracts from the overall or intended concept.
I would love to see what blogs those of you out there read. What makes you come back for more and what turns you away?
