Day One: I write because…
Why am I here? Who am I? Why do I blog?
I am starting to explore the drive behind my blogging and work out what exactly it is I want to blog about rather than the kinda random approach I have at the moment. So I have signed up to a few of the courses offered by WordPress to start learning more about blogging and myself as a blogger. I try to write everyday in the morning, most of what I write never sees the light of day though some of my morning musings do go on to become posts on here. What I often struggle with is what to write about and it all too often ends up as me using it like a journal. Not a bad thing in itself yet I don’t feel like it is expanding my writing in the way I would like. So I am starting with the ‘Everyday Inspiration’ course and starting at the beginning….
I write because….
Why do I write? I write for a multitude of reasons. I write because there is so much going on in my head that I need to get it out somewhere sometimes. Because my anxiety drives me to it. I write because I love words, I enjoy finding ways of describing the world around me and the feelings within me. I feel I have things I want to share with other people, to help people not feel as alone as I did when my anxiety was at its worse. I write because I want to share my experiences, to show my travels and how the world is a varied, interesting place. I write because I am a writer and I want to keep improving, developing and sharing.
I blog because….
Why do I blog? Again there is a whole heap of reasons why I blog, some selfish and some not so much. I blog in the hope that I will entertain, inform, encourage and help. I share my thoughts and experiences to find connections with others. I blog because part of me wants validation from others that my writing is good although I know this really needs to come from within. I blog as a way of advertising that I can write to potential employers, to build a portfolio. Most of all though I blog because I enjoy it, I am a blogger.
I intend to complete each daily task on this course, some will make it on here….and some won’t. So for a while there may be a little more of a mixture of topics on here than normal. I hope you will enjoy them and discovering more about me as I discover more about me as a writer.
If you have any tips on daily writing practice or how you develop your writing, I’d love to hear your tips!
The Ramblings of Button Jamboree 
For what it’s worth I think the only way to improve your writing is… by writing! And in parallel, by reading. Although it does matter what you read. 🙂 If you want to be a tabloid journalist, read tabloids, if you want to write romance, read Mills&Boon, and if you’re going to write the defining novel of the United Staes in the 21st century, read Tolstoy’s War & Peace!
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Hey thank you for reading and taking the time to reply! Very true on the improving writing by writing point. I do read all the time and have quite a varied taste (from classics to sci-fi to Japanese literature and so on) however bizarrely I never write fiction and rarely read non-fiction!
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When I too this course, I had to really think about why I write and even blog. At first, I didn’t want to blog, but friends and family convinced me to and I was hooked right away. I sometimes have to write papers for school. I write in order to express myself and write to deal with stresses of everyday life. Writing to me is like freedom and is a way of showing my personality
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Thank you for reading my post and commenting! I love what you say about why you blog 🙂
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