evening examination

I promise (to myself I guess since I don't think anyone has seen this page yet) that I won't title every post using alliteration in the key of 'E'. But I do like alliteration. Like the ring of it and think it's nice to add some style sometimes to your writing. Not that it's anything fancy. But when I'm reading an article online, for example, I'm always pleasantly surprised to find it. Of course the information is important, but how that information is presented is important sometimes too. Guess it depends on what you like to read. How you like to get your news. What you read about.

As you may be able to tell, there's no real focus of this post. And if I had to guess, subsequent posts may follow suit. Incredibly new to this whole blogging thing. People have been suggesting to me that as a writer I should, you know, write and that blogging may be a good outlet to do so. Yet for the longest time I resisted because my general impression of blogs wasn't too rosy. At least with regards to the world of journalism, of which I am currently trying to/deciding if I want become a part of. If you have participated at all in the debate, it should be fairly clear which side on the fence my fingers are holding. Though the more pervasive blogs become, the more loose my grip becomes. They aren't all shit. They aren't all mindless and useless. I don't believe though, that people should be turning to blogs for credible news, when you consider that every big market newspaper, at least for now, offers their content free of charge. The bottom line though is that writers need to write. Whether I ultimately end up becoming a print journalist or not, I know that I'd like to write and for any job I would get writing will be critical to my success. Hence this blog. I need to keep my writing mind active, even if i'm just vomiting on the page. That's the first step. And an important one.

I haven't written an article in a bit and I often find myself getting antsy as a result. Up until very recently however, I haven't written in those cases because I didn't want to wip out a pen and write and write and write. I can obviously type much faster than I can hand write things. Still it was too disorganized to pull up a blank word document and type away as I would save it, forget the title I gave it, and never read it again. This way, using a blog, seems like it may be useful as a means of organization. So I can see what I've written and read it clearly. I was doing those "Morning Pages" for awhile but I stopped. Admittedly at first because I find it hard to commit to such things even when I can appreciate their value. But afterwards, when I would have the urge to write I would grab the same notebook and start to thumb through the pages. I could make out most of I'd written, but not all of it. And this, this seemed a bit inefficient I suppose. Granted part of the point of those pages is to release your emotions at the start of the day so they don't bog you down and hinder creativity. But for me, I wanted them to be more about the writing. How I could improve. I do think that writing on a very basis, daily, is a good idea. In the morning, noon, or night. Doesn't seem to make much of a difference. I guess having a regulated time of day helps faciliate the activity part of your routine. But sometimes, truthfully often, I don't have the urge to write in the morning. It's much more so after I've done something with my day. It's then that I want to write.

And now it seems I'm somewhat out of material. Which is strange considering that this is stream of consciousness essentially. But I don't know. When there isn't a particular topic at hand I start to lose interest quicker. When there isn't a particular goal in mind. But for now I'm just happy to write and to get into the routine of do so. I'm not at a point where I want to create a blog about a particular subject. Though I may certainly come down the line. I'll continue with this blog no matter though. Use it as my ranting grounds.