Ideas

Ever since I first started journaling all those years ago I always struggled to write something original, I felt like I was always coming back to the same topics, writing about the same things each time, bitching about things not changing.....

I guess it's about time I try and create some structure to my writing, I don't want to be writing about the same thing for years and years, i'd feel like I wasn't getting anywhere. I guess when I was younger I didn't exactly have a whole lot going on in my life so there wasn't too much to write about. That's only slightly the case now though, I think in some cases i've matured quite a bit and in other aspects of my life I probably haven't changed too much.

Even though in real life it may not seem like I have much to say I know that online or even just on paper I feel like I can write quite a bit, even if it's just rambling, that's still something to me. I've never been structured in my writing though.

There are so many different topics to choose to write about, getting coherent ideas on paper or in a blog is going to be a new thing for me. Structured writing is a must have for any journalist or fiction author, it's an essential skill for anyone that has to write for a living, or even just for communicating ideas.

If you were trying to read instructions for building something you don't want them to be garbled, you don't want to have to jump between pages to get to the right step.

I feel like I can say my whole life has been one big unstructured mess, from the start line to where I am now I don't feel like i'm in front of everything, i'm meeting one hurdle after another just a little bit too late. I should have predicted some things sooner, I should have known that I would need to make some decisions that could affect my future yet I put them off for too long.

I have a list of ideas that I would like to write something about, I think I could make a good enough attempt at them. I know i'll make mistakes and there may be times where i'm not making a whole lot of sense, that's ok, I know i'm going to make mistakes and I know that my writing not be the best or I might not have anything ground breaking to say, that's also ok, my opinion matters.

Two-for-one

This will just be a quick addition to my last post.

Since i'm new to blogging I still need to try and find a good length for each separate post. In my journaling on paper or on my laptop topics just seemed to come to me at random, there were many twists and turns, I started writing about one topic but then rambled for a few sentences and then somehow ended up writing about something else.

The good thing about having a blog is that I can just write about one or two topics and then publish it and then carry on. I don't have to break up my posts too often. I can also edit them where I see fit to suit my needs and what i'm feeling at that time.

The more I post the better i'll be at sticking to a certain topic, that is if I can pay attention for long enough and not get distracted by flashing lights and shiny objects, it's been known to happen.

I hope to be able to spend some time thinking about what i'd like to write about and get an idea of how often I should be publishing something new. I don't want this to end up like my journal, another failed venture after another. If I can be consistent then i'll be happy.