Writing is hard work. If we bloggers aren’t careful, we might be fooled into thinking otherwise. I’ve been writing for nearly thirty years, and the stack of rejection slips in my file drawer is much thicker than the stack of deposit slips from my bank.
I waited a long time to start blogging, because it seemed like such a fad. Everybody has one. Some people have three, each representing another aspect of their fascinating lives. These blogs can be informative, inspiring, encouraging, hilarious, or challenging. And sometimes, they reveal things better tucked into the pages of a diary and locked with a little key we keep in our jewelry box drawer.
Blogs, by their nature, require us to write in the immediate. They encourage us to spill our witty thoughts and to explore our emotional depths. All in four paragraphs, five times a week, between the day jobs. Then BlueHairFromSidney or WriterBoyExtraordinaire assures us in the comments section that our writing is brilliant, even in rough draft form.
Ahhhhhhh. BlogWorld is wonderful. Unless I also want to be published by someone who edits my work and doesn’t think my repetitive use of a three item series is particularly cool, gripping, or even well-done.
Even so, I’ll keep blogging. And revising. And waiting for BlueHair and friends to give me the applause my fragile writer-ego rarely receives from people who actually send me checks for my work.
Bring it on. (the applause...and the checks)
Well you get tons of appause from me!! I'm always thrilled to see a new post, and even better I'm still thrilled after I've read it. :-)
ReplyDeleteI completely identify with this particular post. I don't have a blog right now because I feel as though almost everything I want to write about belongs in a journal with a 12 digit combination. Maybe someday...
We want to hear from you, Molly Rose. Whenever you are ready.
ReplyDeleteI applaud you as well! I especially agree with this post and the love of the blog world.
ReplyDeleteI'm not as brave as you to write a manuscript, send it out and possibly receive a rejection slip; so for now I'll stick to the world of blogging and imagine the applause each time there's a comment!
Applause, applause, applause! :)
ReplyDeleteI have to agree, blogging doesn't feel quite as nice when no one tells you what they think, or at least that you made them think.