No wrong or right when I write

Recently, I've had a rapid fire succession of discussions with people who have read my blog and tell me about how they love to write but for a number of reasons have either slowed down or stopped entirely.  I also am curious when I meet fellow bloggers who tell me they are "crafting" or "drafting" a blog and will likely publish it in the near future.

The only blogs I take time beyond sitting in front of the computer when the spirit moves me is for Table for Three or The No Blah-g Zone which are simply longer.  95% of them I type in about 5 minutes.  No, I do not live in a hotel in some snow buried hotel in Colorado and type "All work and no play makes Tim a dull boy" stopping every once in a while to think about where Danny boy and my lovely wife is (like The Shining).

Nor am I any kind of wunderkid.  The thing is, I don't care what you think.  I don't mean that dismissively, I just mean that I'm not writing for you.  I don't even know if I'm writing for me necessarily, but I do know it's not for you (sorry Mom and Marie!).

I KNOW that every one of us knows how to tell stories, beautifully.  In fact, 2 of the people who I talked about had the following stories:

1. The first one had recently edited a book for someone she knew.  He was an older doctor who had written a pretty racy book that he was proud of.  Her skill in editing partially is contributing to her reticence to write.  If that's not a story, I don't know what is.  She told it beautifully and I'm sure she could write it just the same.
2. The second one, who I had just met, had a great pair of glasses on (black rims...sort of like my grandpa).  Turned out they were his grandpa.  He died almost 10 years ago.  I told him he should start a blog and his first blog should cover how it feels when he wears them.

This is all I'm really saying.  It doesn't matter what anyone thinks.  When I write from there, efforts increase dramatically while effort drops precipitously.

4:58...4:59....5 minutes!!!  (just kidding, I don't know how long this took me)

Comments

[Naomi]

I haven't been able to sit down and do anything really for quite some time. It has to do with not feeling grounded and focused. I don't know what is going on with me, but things are changing, and I'm just not able to write, really. I have so much going on in my head that I want to document, but I just can't find the words. ahhh!!!

[Tim Taylor]

There is so much noise. Sometimes my mind feels like an echo chamber. I wonder if you can find the words without looking for them.