Today I am going to be a hipster. After seeing a few people spitefully spew hatred for this assignment, I will say this, first and foremost: I don't hate blogging.
Rather I just didn't like the assignment.
But, that is my fault. I have been saying all year that the best way to write better is to keep writing, not to told how, but just to keep writing, with feedback on conventions. It's like riding a bike or shooting baskets, you get told the rules and techniques and then just practice, as much as possible. Yet, I, in my lack of foresight, didn't take this opportunity, for whatever reason(s).
I'm not saying that blogging will improve your writing but writing is, whether we think so or not, usually about stylistic things and opinions, which really become developed by writing them down and pondering them. Even though very few will likely read anything we post, odds are the very act of doing so will make us think, which is one of the most important things of all. Okay, maybe I take that back, maybe blogging will indirectly improve writing. Heck, maybe the best approach is to pretend you have an audience...or maybe not, because blogging is inherently personal, I don't know. I guess just at first glance it would seem as though people like Chris Guillebeau (of The Art of Nonconformity, a blog that gets millions of views daily) blog rather differently than one of my uncles/aunts, whose audience is solely family and friends.
Overall, I think I will keep this blog, whether it gets read or not. It's kind of like in The Princess Bride, "Alright Wesley, I've never had a valet, you can try if you'd like. I'll most likely kill you in the morning," except for me it's like "Alright Blog, I've never had a journal, you can try if you'd like. I'll most likely delete you in the morning." I want to be a good writer as much as (if not considerably more than) anyone else, so here goes nothing.
When I express thoughts, I normally prefer the deliberate act of writing them down on a piece of paper, which also might be because then no one else sees them. So as I keep growing, trying to be a more personable person, maybe I'll post more.
But...(laugh) now I'm rambling again, so I'll leave it at that. Awesome assignment for anyone who puts in the effort; don't get discouraged and definitely don't stay up til three hoping for inspiration, get rest first. And, to all, keep writing.
-Victor Favero
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