Informal survey and a bunch of brain dumpage
I”m a very stream-of-consciousness sort of writer.
I don’t outline what I’m going to write in advance. I don’t even really think about it.
If I’m writing in response to my emotions or something, I may stew on it a few days but I stew somewhere at the back of my mind with no real focus on the thoughts.
Even when I write reviews, I obviously think about the pros and cons and description as I’m using the toy but not in any direct, intentional manner. And when I write them? I have no list of things I want to say. I just sit down and type.
That’s just how I write. Everything gets stored up on my head in some in some sort of brain storage dump and when my fingers hit the keyboard…
Stuff spills out. One thought turns into twenty, twenty into two hundred and next thing you know I have a rant or a review or a rambling nonsense blog for y’all to read.
Part of me wishes I knew how to write more… professionally. And, I mean, I know how. I passed the courses with flying colors. It’s just not fun for me if I have to plan out my every word. And it doesn’t come across as well, either.
It’s not…. me.
I recently turned in a draft on an article that I tried to sort of plan out and have be less “all about me”. I tried to be sort of objective and whatnot. The editor? He was like… yo, dude, the beginning that is an anecdote about you and your life is great but, um, shit can the rest and continue in the original vein, k?”
All I could do was laugh to myself.
No matter how much I wish I could be a different sort of writer, I’m not. This is how I write. This, I guess, is what hundreds of ya come to see every day and what others want me to write like when they ask me to write for them. I suppose if they wanted something different they’d ask someone different, eh?
So, anyhow…
I’m gonna go have me a cup of joe on the balcony, get more roses on my ass, wander in, get dressed and go to work on said article.
I know I babbled on and on today and never did hit the point I was trying to make which is…
Thanks for stopping by. Thanks for reading my brain spillage. What started out as a tiny blog read by ten people has turned into a whole lot more and I love y’all for putting up with me and coming back so often.
Now. Tell me what you most like to read. Rants? Reviews? Daily life sort of stuff? Do you come for the occasional picture and mention of ass sex?
I spend way too much time wondering why y’all stop by, you know.
Off to enjoy the weather and my columbian. Coffee, that is.
xoxo
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Honestly, I like it all. I think it’s great that you don’t try to stick with one thing, that you write about whatever you feel like writing. Even if it’s just the day-to-day stuff. Your writing and personality are what bring me back here. I like to read blogs by smart and interesting people, and you fit that bill.
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You know I just like reading your day 2 day life stories. Actually I feel like I know you and Taylor sort of I’ve been reading off and on for so long. It’s seems like you’ve always been around I guess and you’re pretty cool so… man I get to look forward to a huge amount of suffering really soon, the price of devotion.
Glad you’re around. Peace.
I am the same way really, tho after I do the stream of consciousness thing, I tend to go back and “organize” my thoughts. Part of what I love about how you right is feeling as if you are talking in my head. I can hear your voice, saying the words and that just makes it a more enjoyable read.
That said, you can write just about anything and I’ll enjoy it. With you, it’s really about how you write rather than what you write about that brings me here.
~Laurel
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Is it OK that I love each and every word…please?
alan
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Don’t change the way you write because it is simply who YOU are as a writer. I like the whole lot, the random stuff and the rants and the day to day stuff. It means there’s a real person in there who is writing because they have the desire and the passion to write. That’s what makes me come back again and again.
Personally I do exactly the same thing. I don’t plan it. A couple times I have sat down and done the whole “structured” route and I hated it. Freewriting … rawks!
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Please don’t change the way you write. I weep at those who obviously took writing courses to heart and as a result, they become almost unreadable; every single fucking sentence filled with vague analogies and thesaurus-disease.
I hear Stephen King’s “On Writing” is good for common sense tips, although I haven’t read it myself.
I like reading you when you say something I relate to and since that’s completely random outside of what we already know we have in common, I can’t give you advice on what to write in the future except I like it when you write about your relationship with Taylor, about your son, your dog, TV shows we both watch, your opinions on subjects I relate to, etc.
Just be you. I find you entertaining and thoughtful. :)
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