I am supposed to be working on a writing assignment right now. But my mind does not seem to respond to this requirement. It is not touched by the urgency of the matter.
So I am working on a blog post. I am hoping this will kickstart my brain so that I can finish the work I should have finished earlier.
It's funny. I've always wanted to be a writer since I was a kid. I once said that if I am able to earn my keep writing then I would be happy.
So now here I am. I have a job that lets me write a lot of things. And I know people will be reading what I write. Yet there are times when I find myself sighing in frustration. The words are not coming. The ideas are not forming. And I have deadlines.
Writer's block? I don't think so, not today. I already have a concept, I just don't want to write. And I can't seem to get my head into gear.
I read that there should be a time reserved for doing this. It should be a habit by now. Not with me.
Still, I have to get back to work.
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Showing posts with label writing. Show all posts
My 2011
I just finished a good year.
A lot of things happened this year. I got to travel abroad again. I lost my job and had two applications denied. I became active in Ka-entrep. I tried my hand at really being an entrepreneur. I gave several lectures on entrepreneurship. I made websites. I went back to counseling.
This year will remain special for me not for the things that happened above but for what happened towards the end of the year. It has always been my dream to earn my keep by writing. I imagined my name below the titles. My works would see print at last.
This year, the dream has began to come true. I pray that it will continue to grow in 2012.
A lot of things happened this year. I got to travel abroad again. I lost my job and had two applications denied. I became active in Ka-entrep. I tried my hand at really being an entrepreneur. I gave several lectures on entrepreneurship. I made websites. I went back to counseling.
This year will remain special for me not for the things that happened above but for what happened towards the end of the year. It has always been my dream to earn my keep by writing. I imagined my name below the titles. My works would see print at last.
This year, the dream has began to come true. I pray that it will continue to grow in 2012.
Writing Less and More
This is my third post for this session. I don't think I ever did two in one day before and now I'm doing three. Cheers.
I checked my last post and I noticed that the sidebar was longer than the blog items. There was a time when I had more items on the sidebar and the posts were still longer than that.
Does that mean I'm writing shorter posts? Guess so.
I used to write for a daily bible reflection magazine called Didache. They would give us certain bible passages to reflect on and we would write our thoughts. Usually, we put in a small anecdote of how the message of the reading was applied in daily life. Those reflections were short, I don't think they went up to a hundred words. The magazine fit into the pocket of a man's jacket and we had to make sure our writing took only one page of that.
It was a great exercise in writing. You had to choose words carefully so that you could say all you wanted to say in that short space. You had to tell a story in a few sentences. You learned to communicate briefly and concisely.
But I have lots of space here. I could go on and on and on and . . .
I checked my last post and I noticed that the sidebar was longer than the blog items. There was a time when I had more items on the sidebar and the posts were still longer than that.
Does that mean I'm writing shorter posts? Guess so.
I used to write for a daily bible reflection magazine called Didache. They would give us certain bible passages to reflect on and we would write our thoughts. Usually, we put in a small anecdote of how the message of the reading was applied in daily life. Those reflections were short, I don't think they went up to a hundred words. The magazine fit into the pocket of a man's jacket and we had to make sure our writing took only one page of that.
It was a great exercise in writing. You had to choose words carefully so that you could say all you wanted to say in that short space. You had to tell a story in a few sentences. You learned to communicate briefly and concisely.
But I have lots of space here. I could go on and on and on and . . .
More Content
I realized about a week ago that May 2009 was my busiest month as far as blogging is concerned. That doesn't say much about me as a blogger but in a way I am happy that I was able to sustain it as nearly regular as I could. That is really one of my aims this year, consistency in blogging.
Since I was a kid, I've always wanted to write. It's been an outlet of my feelings, whether I did poetry or fiction. My mom kept most of my early works though I admit that at least one of them was a sort of direct criticism. Mothers don't really see that. Most of the time, they see it as a good thing because their kid has done something that many other kids can't.
I look at blogging as a sort of public diary. Since it's public, it's also a practice for good writing. I mean, it should be understandable. Good grammar is important, as well as proper construction. I've always been more comfortable writing in English and what you have here are some of my practice sheets.
Since I was a kid, I've always wanted to write. It's been an outlet of my feelings, whether I did poetry or fiction. My mom kept most of my early works though I admit that at least one of them was a sort of direct criticism. Mothers don't really see that. Most of the time, they see it as a good thing because their kid has done something that many other kids can't.
I look at blogging as a sort of public diary. Since it's public, it's also a practice for good writing. I mean, it should be understandable. Good grammar is important, as well as proper construction. I've always been more comfortable writing in English and what you have here are some of my practice sheets.
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