I've been working an answering some questions about myself for a feature based on my "Women and the Military" post and I'm trying to figure out, what type of environment is best for writing? Open, honest writing. I know professional writers will often lock themselves away and write... After all, there is nothing to break your concentration. Actually, I write many of my blogs in this type of setting. Unfortunately, I also do not publish most of them because I am afraid they reveal TOO much of myself. When is it too much? When does it stop making sense? I know some of my blogs get pretty in depth in relation to my thoughts and feelings. This is awesome for a journal, but how honest is too honest? What do people REALLY want to know? These are questions I ask myself when I am about to publish a blog entry. Of course, I only have six followers (haha), so I'm nowhere NEAR a professional writer, BUT some people DO read what I write, so I have to ask... what is better? Sitting and writing and letting all of my thoughts come out, or writing for a bit, and stepping back, then sitting back down and writing again after deleting at least three paragraphs because I am afraid they are rambling?
I can tell you that for academic writing a combination of the two is the best. Some of my best papers were written in one night... BUT, I sat back and looked at them again to fix the errors that inevitably occur when your writing becomes a stream of consciousness. Such as my frequent lack of paragraphs when I write blog entries ;)
Readers, what do you prefer? Long, honest blogs (that actually discuss something of substance, of course), or shorter, more straight to the point? What type of environment do you like to write in?
I can tell you that for academic writing a combination of the two is the best. Some of my best papers were written in one night... BUT, I sat back and looked at them again to fix the errors that inevitably occur when your writing becomes a stream of consciousness. Such as my frequent lack of paragraphs when I write blog entries ;)
Readers, what do you prefer? Long, honest blogs (that actually discuss something of substance, of course), or shorter, more straight to the point? What type of environment do you like to write in?
Hon, I prefer whatever you have to write, long-winded & overly honest (goodness knows that's how my own writing tends to wax) or short & sweet. However, if I have to choose, I say give me good, bald truth any day...just don't give away state secrets lmao :)
ReplyDeleteAs for environments...I do my best writing while listening to instrumental music, either classical, new age, or random indiscernible indie bands with random indiscernible vocals.