Hello. I’m just working on organizing things here. More to come soon.
I need to study all of western civilization for my work. The challenge is that there’s so much to study that it’s daunting. But it’s just something I have to get done, step by step, bird by bird.
At the same time as I’m researching, I need to learn how to write a novel and/or a poem well. That means practice, but it’s been a practice I’ve avoided for nearly two decades. I’m very good at keeping a journal, but I’ve hardly ever stepped up and created a work of fiction. Nothing so much as a full short story. I haven’t written because I know what I write will be bad.
But I know that’s how it’s supposed to work. I fix by revising draft after draft. I’m stating the obvious here, but that’s because I have to be explicit if I’m going to get it done.
And so I begin. This journal is where I plan to write about the journey I am taking to become a better writer. I write here for myself, knowing that the more I write here, the better I’ll get at writing here. Which is something else I want.
Who am I? It doesn’t matter at this point. There are thousands of people who want to become good writers. I’m just another one of them.
So if you’ve happened upon this site, thank you for taking the time to read it. I hope you find it entertaining and informative. I expect most of my entries to be short ones. I’m more interested in writing here regularly than I am about writing something long. I’ll chronicle my progress here, and one day, maybe I’ll have written something worth sharing. For now, I’m focused on the journey, not the destination.
Thank you for stopping by.