A blog overthought will never be written.
A blog too long will never be read.
A blog underthought will be useless.
Oh my blog would be a better cuss phrase that OMG.
Some people think with a pen and a yellow pad. Others think with a random part of their anatomy. I think with my fingers, a key board, a screen and especially a backspace.
I've found my blog looks best in Verdana type.
I wish my blog didn't have a spot at the end.
I don't blog because I think I am profound. In fact, I often don't blog because I know I am not particularly profound.
I know few read blogs of any type any more. It was a strange thing in the first place in my opinion, to put your thoughts out there for the whole world to read.
Who cares, I thought. You may think the same thing as you read it.
I do care if you care, but I wish I didn't.
Writers write because they either have an agenda or have an ego. I hope I am the former.
I once was caught when I said, "It won't hurt my feelings if you..." and proceeded to say what it would be.
The person stopped me and said "Oh yes it will."
Busted. Feelings are easily hurt when you wear them on your sleeve (and when you are a #4 on the Enneagram Spectrum.
I also was once told, right before I started blogging (pay no attention to the description on my page... I am no longer new to blogging), that writers write and the only failed writer is a writer who fails to write.
Now that I've been (self-) published, I can no longer say I am a failed writer, unless I fail to write.
Write poorly if necessary. Write for your own amusement and amazement. Write for the glory of God, if you choose, to reflect later on that which you have written. You will be the best critic and the best recipient of your writing.
True, you become vulnerable when you write, but likewise, you get few accolades by your silence. I say few, because I sometimes applaud those who keep silent when they have nothing to say and roll my eyes when they say it anyway.
Writing is best when you make it long enough to cover the topic and short enough to draw attention...
...Like a miniskirt, my journalism professor once told me.
