"Anyone can string a bunch of quotes together. What's really hard is writing something in such a way that someone out there will actually want to read it."
This challenge from a former newspaper colleague of mine has stuck with me for a while now. I'm not a natural storyteller, so writing engaging stories was difficult for me as a newspaper man.
Writing, for me, has always been more about stringing words together. I hope someday I'll be stringing them together in new and inventive ways, coming up with phrases no one else has ever used, and things of this nature. There's something to be said for letting the words flow, then shaping them later into a story or something coherent. Writing is a process, and the nature of the process itself can change from person to person. The challenge is, writing something unique that also appeals to someone else.
So, I am really happy to see my friend Ramon has endorsed my blogs on his blog. (Thanks, Ramon, for your encouraging words. I will try to live up to them -- especially the funny part.) And I hope in stringing these words together, I'm starting to shape something interesting for people to read.
The craft of writing deserves more attention in the blogosphere. Let's talk about writing, even as we practice it on a semi-regular basis.
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