Writing and Us.
What holds us back from Blog writing?
About writing has been written said and spoken so often and that it is really hard to find anything new or anything that had never been mentioned before.
Here's a trick, however: anything that has ever been engraved of writing has been learned by ones and never heard by others. One thing most of us can agree upon and that is : writing is the hardest part of human communication.
Why? What is so difficult in writing?
First.
The process of describing various events for keeping them handy for next generations, had always been a serious and responsible process that demanded a chronically precise narration of the events with historically correct comments and details.
A Russian proverb says:"What is written by a pen can't be cut down by an axe"
So, I guess we can say that intuitively most of us recognize writing as something that needs a high level of seriousness and responsibility. What is written is kept in someone's archives and can be used against the writer. World history is full of such examples.
Second.
Writing more than is anything else shows an intellectual level of an author, her character, her inner world, in short her nature. Earlier it was even easier for a smart reader to learn a lot about a person after seeing her handwriting. Unfortunately, computers eliminated this very useful tool :-) But even computers cannot hide the culture of a writer. What can be said about an author of the message where:
There's no salutation, or it is not directed to a person, or the name starts with a small letter;
Spelling, punctuation mistakes in the text;
Ending of the message has no names, no final remarks, etc.
Third.
A very common among my clients 'philosophy' states:
"If you have no talent for writing, you cannot, should not and even must not write!" Nonsense.
Everyone has the right to write, whether with or without a so called 'talent'. As any other skill, writing can be learned-practiced and as the result of training constant training, significantly improved.
Surely, not all writing people will ever reach the level of giants of world literature, but anyone can learn the elements of style and produce correct readable sentences.
Fourth.
Writing is a painful process. Those of us who do not take writing lightly, try to create nice, logically developed, reader-friendly blocks of information always read and reread and edit and even send copies to professional proofreaders and editors. Naturally enough, not too many volunteers 'apply' for writing endeavors .
Fifth. Writing is a time-consuming business. A good number of my clients asked about writing, they would they had no time for it.
Sixth. Writing is often a problem of finding the subject, the topic. What to write about???
"Am I good enough to write about sport?" "No, I'm not a world champion."
"Do I have valuable experience in taking care of children?""Hardly so: I have just one kid"
"Am I, have I, do I, can I...?" " No, no, and again 'no" You see, I am not qualified, period!"
And here is the question of questions: "Do you wish to be qualified?!"
Blogging = Writing
As we have now identified six main obstacles on the way to writing, are there any chances to overcome these barriers?
Yes, there are.
I guess, you will agree with me that as in any human activity, before we start doing anything at all, we answer two main questions:
"Do I need it?" or
"Do I love it?"
The same holds true with writing. If there is no need and no love, hardly anyone will ever start writing.
But, if you love writing then...
Just get down to it and start with blogging. Blog writing is more communication, reaction on the information that for blogging is Blog is the best place for practicing the skill of writing. Share your thoughts, concerns, ideas, comment on other bloggers' stories.
Try to avoid sending short about nothing messages just to show that you've been here.
Dare to dream. Trust yourself.
If you religiously believe that you can become a writer, if you learn and practice writing every day,
You will become a Blog WRITER!
Then who knows where this great start will leads you!
You may one day become a best selling writer of all times!
Resume
Dare to dream. Include writing into the list of your dreams.
Do you best to make your dreams come true, contemplate over all that comes into your life, make resolutions, follow your plans and goals and do everything with faith.
Believe and you...
You will become a WRITER!
Wishing you the best of blogging
George Rusky
a Blog writer
Georgerusky.net
What holds us back from Blog writing?
About writing has been written said and spoken so often and that it is really hard to find anything new or anything that had never been mentioned before.
Here's a trick, however: anything that has ever been engraved of writing has been learned by ones and never heard by others. One thing most of us can agree upon and that is : writing is the hardest part of human communication.
Why? What is so difficult in writing?
First.
The process of describing various events for keeping them handy for next generations, had always been a serious and responsible process that demanded a chronically precise narration of the events with historically correct comments and details.
A Russian proverb says:"What is written by a pen can't be cut down by an axe"
So, I guess we can say that intuitively most of us recognize writing as something that needs a high level of seriousness and responsibility. What is written is kept in someone's archives and can be used against the writer. World history is full of such examples.
Second.
Writing more than is anything else shows an intellectual level of an author, her character, her inner world, in short her nature. Earlier it was even easier for a smart reader to learn a lot about a person after seeing her handwriting. Unfortunately, computers eliminated this very useful tool :-) But even computers cannot hide the culture of a writer. What can be said about an author of the message where:
There's no salutation, or it is not directed to a person, or the name starts with a small letter;
Spelling, punctuation mistakes in the text;
Ending of the message has no names, no final remarks, etc.
Third.
A very common among my clients 'philosophy' states:
"If you have no talent for writing, you cannot, should not and even must not write!" Nonsense.
Everyone has the right to write, whether with or without a so called 'talent'. As any other skill, writing can be learned-practiced and as the result of training constant training, significantly improved.
Surely, not all writing people will ever reach the level of giants of world literature, but anyone can learn the elements of style and produce correct readable sentences.
Fourth.
Writing is a painful process. Those of us who do not take writing lightly, try to create nice, logically developed, reader-friendly blocks of information always read and reread and edit and even send copies to professional proofreaders and editors. Naturally enough, not too many volunteers 'apply' for writing endeavors .
Fifth. Writing is a time-consuming business. A good number of my clients asked about writing, they would they had no time for it.
Sixth. Writing is often a problem of finding the subject, the topic. What to write about???
"Am I good enough to write about sport?" "No, I'm not a world champion."
"Do I have valuable experience in taking care of children?""Hardly so: I have just one kid"
"Am I, have I, do I, can I...?" " No, no, and again 'no" You see, I am not qualified, period!"
And here is the question of questions: "Do you wish to be qualified?!"
Blogging = Writing
As we have now identified six main obstacles on the way to writing, are there any chances to overcome these barriers?
Yes, there are.
I guess, you will agree with me that as in any human activity, before we start doing anything at all, we answer two main questions:
"Do I need it?" or
"Do I love it?"
The same holds true with writing. If there is no need and no love, hardly anyone will ever start writing.
But, if you love writing then...
Just get down to it and start with blogging. Blog writing is more communication, reaction on the information that for blogging is Blog is the best place for practicing the skill of writing. Share your thoughts, concerns, ideas, comment on other bloggers' stories.
Try to avoid sending short about nothing messages just to show that you've been here.
Dare to dream. Trust yourself.
If you religiously believe that you can become a writer, if you learn and practice writing every day,
You will become a Blog WRITER!
Then who knows where this great start will leads you!
You may one day become a best selling writer of all times!
Resume
Dare to dream. Include writing into the list of your dreams.
Do you best to make your dreams come true, contemplate over all that comes into your life, make resolutions, follow your plans and goals and do everything with faith.
Believe and you...
You will become a WRITER!
Wishing you the best of blogging
George Rusky
a Blog writer
Georgerusky.net
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