Why do I write this website? Because I like writing. That’s all, it’s pretty simple really.
Isn’t writing a lot of fun? I love to write and I’ve done it for a long long time. And I still love to write now, even when I’m older. I remember when I was young and at primary school I wrote so many short stories, I suspect my teacher got bored reading all my stories. And he was amazed that I could write quite so much when I was so young. But I’m not sure that I’m any good at it, I just love it.
I did a university degree when I got older, but it didn’t include any writing, though I wish now it had. If I was young again and going to university over again I’d think about doing some real study about the art of writing. I studied what I needed to to get a good job, I just wish I’d studied what I liked to do.
It’s an interesting question about whether I could ever have become good enough at writing to make a decent living from it. Who knows? But if I had the chance then I should have tried better, after all if you don’t try you never know if you can really do it. I should have tried more.
Writing well can be learned I’m sure of it. It’s a skill, not genetic. It’s not something that you’re born with I’m convinced completely. It’s a skill that anyone, including me, should be able to learn. I think the most important thing is that you enjoy it and if you enjoy it you’ll keep at it till you’ve learned how.
But if you love it then you’ll be happy to write every day, and if you write every day you’ll be getting in so much practice that you’re really bound to get really good at it. So I really feel that the most important thing to getting really good at writing is loving doing it. And just doing it.
So I have this website and this is where I’m going to practice my personal writing. I have it on the internet as it’s a convenient place to have it, but I really don’t intend for lots of people to come along and read it at all. (more…)