making yourself write

making yourself write

Okay, maybe we can be friends.

The only reason I started Sedition·com was to make myself write. If I’d done it to keep a journal it would have been AshleyIsABoysName.com.

I can think of no better reason to do a web journal. Daily writing, even when it sucks, is like any other exercise: it improves you. There are no rules for writing online. You don’t have to write about your cat, your politics, or your classes. You can write memories, diatribes against your evil mother, fiction, fantasy, whatever. You can do it anonymously if you’re careful too, thus freeing you to write things you might normally be too intimidated to try.

Andreas Ramos has a thorough blog FAQ which includes links to all the free blogging sites. Go for it. Writing is good for you even if you don’t plan on ever doing it professionally. In that case, in fact, it’s good for everyone (sorry, I hadda get one dig in).

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09 July 2005 · advice & self-help

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