SLice of Life Challenge On Tuesdays: Chapter 7
Posted by blk1 on May 12, 2008
My life on the Web
On Saturday night I was up for hours writing one post then the next for the Comment Challenge Tuvia was sound asleep and it was peaceful to be clicking away even though I knew I’d have to pay for the my missed sleep opportunity and yes, it was a tough ride home but we got back in one piece, unpacked and refreshed I can say sure, it was all for the best.
Just remembering that late-night flow of words, I thought about how much of my time I spend writing. Sure, I write lots of emails to friends and colleagues, I IM with Nancy and Karen and Marla regularly, I read a few blogs religiously and leave comments, I Twitter a bit, but my real passion and time on the web is spent writing and working on projects that include my images. The words and the images.
I teach a few courses at SUNY , I supervise student teachers, I present workshops at conferences, I work on HVWP projects and prepare for our SI’s, especially around technology But in the last few months the majority of my clicking, is pure writing, first writing into the day each day with my Word Count Journal and then moving over to my blog: movie reviews, reflections, creative pieces, slices, a moment in a sentence, just pure writing. It does eat into guitar practice, reading and exercise, but it’s a lovely passion. I would never have figured I’d be writing every day for hours.
I remember watching writers in awe. I can’t say I’m in their league but I feel good about being in my league growing, flexing my writing muscle. Pure pleasure and I can’t forget that there is some incentive, there’s a public out there who reads and comments or just reads and moves on, or maybe clicks, looks and closes.
I am so happy to be out in the open and letting my old journals gather dust. I went public one day and never looked back.
And I don’t think I’d be participating in this Comment Challenge if I hadn’t first become a member of Boil Down Your Day/Week and then Sharing a Slice.
What’s really eye-opening as I read new blogs, is to read how many other bloggers have had similar experiences, moving slowly and steadily, deeper and deeper into the blogosphere.
How about you slicer buddies, how have you gotten to where you are now?
May 14th, 2008 at 12:28 am
The thing I’ve really liked about all the blog writing I’ve done since I started in the winter is that it’s forcing me to acknowledge that I really do have time for writing. I’m always complaining about not being able to ‘find’ time for my writing because I’m so busy with my work and everything else. And, ok, it’s true that I do have a lot of work, but I have time for writing, too. The slice of life challenge really pushed me, made me see that I could squeeze in bits of writing time all over the place.
I’m a writer, and I’m always happiest when I write every day, but it’s so easy not to write every day. I bring myself to my blog every day, though, and really make an effort to post regularly. So it makes me think I’ve just been making excuses when I say I don’t have time to work on my stories, makes me wonder what’s the real reason for not working on my writing … The daily practice of writing here is good for my brain, though, keeps my writer-mind limber.
–Stacie
May 14th, 2008 at 6:30 am
This is something I haven’t thought about and it’s something important to share when people consider blogging, stacie,
Bonnie
May 14th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
I like how you say you are flexing your muscles.
You are and your writing is getting deeper and deeper.
Thanks for being such a writer friend (and I won’t throw away the membership card!!)
Kevin
May 14th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Thanks writer friend, and you better keep your eyes on the mail box.
BK