750 words is roughly three pages (supposedly of writing) and I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how I need to get back into the happen of just writing for me and not for someone else. Sure I have this blog where I publicly display my thoughts but I know this is public and as I’ve written in some of my previous posts there is a certain amount of censorship that happens in public writing.
So am I stopping this blog? Nope.
I just signed up for 750words.com – it’s a blogging site, it’s a writing site. It’s a totally private site where you are encouraged to write 750 words a day…and as the site says “You can’t just fart out 3 pages without running into your subconscious a little bit… 750 words takes a bit of effort, and it never fails to get me typing things that I have wanted to articulate without realizing it. And that’s the point.” According to the website creator, this exercise is suppose to clear your mind and help motivate your creativity. So I’ve decided to take on a personal challenge, try to write 750 words a day for an entire year. I’m hoping this exercise in writing will help me have a more interesting, well-round blog.
DAY 1 of the 750 words challenge as completed prior to writing this post! whoohoo!
One of the fun features about this writing site is it “analyzes” your words and tells you what your words are saying about you and your writing at the moment. Here is the snap shot of today:
I’ve been going through a weird thing lately. good and bad. And unfortunately despite my desire to put everything out there, I’ve been pretty vague about what’s been going on, and this will hopefully be that last vague posting.
why?
It’s super personal and what I have to say affects more people than just myself. I think sometimes this is a struggle all writers deal with — what’s for you and what will benefit your audience. It feels really awesome for me to put it all out there, tell the world what’s been happening, and yet I realize that somethings shouldn’t be so public. Lessons were learned and maybe one day I will share those…but for now -
They say What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas…and this will stay with me.
I’m currently suffering from a severe case of blog envy. I read so many blogs and this past week I’ve read some flipping hysterical, clever, sassy blogs! ….Makes my ol’ blog feel…small.
This may not make up for my lack of blog-stardom but I just bought these shoes and somehow that makes me feel a lil better.
For the record here are the blogs I’ve been reading:
Candice Does The World
The Everywhereist
Ok, so my first week as a contributor to Gapers Block is going well! I have two posts up so far:
DIY Candy Pumpkins
Sweet Tweets
It’s true. I can’t help it. I’m kinda a weirdo sometimes.
In college I took Greek as my foreign language…and not modern Greek, Ancient Greek. Why? Because I was a borderline geek and took Latin in highschool. I was never stellar in Greek and I was pretty sure my professor hated me, but I still loved the class. Even though my ability to read & translate Greek have fallen by the wayside, I do still “write” in Greek. I write my notes, especially personal-just getting-my-thoughts-on-paper notes by writing the greek equilveant for a roman letter (or as best as it can fit) so the word “all” I would write alpha lambda lambda and so on. It makes me feel less conscious about getting my feelings and thoughts out in public because who is really going to take the time to decode my stuff?
I’m sure when I’m famous and have gone crazy, people will go bonkers for these greekish notes.
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