Before, I enjoyed writing. Now, I see it as an obligation.
I am sure that all of us have experienced sitting down in front of a blank document, with nothing to write about.
Writing should be a way to express and to share ideas, it should show passion.
When I created this blog and I first started posting in it, I really enjoyed it. Not only I enjoyed writing in it, but my ideas flowed easily and I knew what I was going to write about before starting to write it. I was excited about what I was writing about, I was excited about writing it, I was excited about posting it to my blog, and I was even more excited about people reading it. I had something to say.
As the weeks passed, as we have to post in our blog once a week, I found it harder and harder to even find something to write about. I found myself staring at a blank document, with no inspiration at all. I remember all these past Sunday nights, sitting in front of my computer, trying to find something to write about only beacause it was due the next day. I had nothing to say.
“There are no more than two rules for writing: having something to say, and saying it” ~Oscar Wilde
I feel that my writing is becoming more and more predictable, more consistent, more boring, and more obvious. It is losing it's uniqueness and passion, it is becoming less attractive and - to be honest - it's becoming pretty mediocre. I am writing for the obligation to do so, not because I want to. As I am writing without having nothing to say, the quality of my writing is decreasing. Quantitiy has started to be more important than quality, when we all know that QUALITY > QUANTITY.
"Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative." ~Oscar Wilde
I know that I am not the only student in my class that has the same struggle. I've heard many complaints about this and noticed that not only my writing, but some of my peer's writing have been decreasing. Writing every week is becoming an obligation, a nuisacne, a nightmare.
Writing should be interesting for others to read, there should be something to say in order to write.
So now I wonder, are all these late nights in which we are struggling to get done with the blog post we need to post before 8:00 am every Monday, are really worthwhile?
This week, it was different. As it was Eater break, we did not have to write a blog post for this week, instead, we had to read two articles and be ready to discuss them in class. I consider this a much more effective system.
This is why, I've come up with a solution, an alternative. Clearly, writing once a week has become a frustration and is limiting our desire of writing. Therefore I propose that instead of writing once a week, we write once every two weeks. This extra time will give us more things to write about, and this way we will start writing with more purpose and we will start enjoying it more. Anyways, this is not enough. Only writing less will not make us better writers. We need to read more in order to keep improving. If we want to become better bloggers and writers, nothing is more beneficial than reading.
This is why I believe that we should have more balance between what we consume and what we create. We should "consume more", meaning that we should read more articles/blogs/magazines/books/etc and discuss them as a class, and we should "produce" less, meaning that we should write less blog posts, but with more purpose and passion.
It is recommended by the most successful bloggers and writers that reading is the best way to become a better writer. It is important to be regularly challenged by books and other materials.
“Nothing inspires a writer like reading someone’s else’s words” – Jeff Goins
A writer should read more than he writes, an actor should view more performances than he acts, and an artist should watch more works than he paints.