I recently received a comment from someone saying that they felt as though my posts were going off in a different direction, and they didn't like them anymore. I will admit, I had strayed a bit. But now I am also getting some comments about missing the poetry etc. Since I initially started this blog to use as an outlet for my writing, and secondly to post my goals and achievements in respect to my getting back into shape, I shall get back to my original format. After all, I am doing this for me. If I get fans along the way, great.
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I loved reading your daily comments, I am looking forward to seeing the format that you once had.
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Man, if I have to try to keep to any particular subject, I'm screwed. I tend to write for my own amusement or to romance my lover and I tend to forget that my blog is public. While I enjoy getting comments to my blog, it always freaks me out a little to realize that somebody's actually READING my bs. My unrequested and amateurish advice: Write what you want. Don't sell out. You don't want to be another Jackson Browne, do you? Okay, he's made a lot of money. Maybe that's a bad example.
Cindy, I appreciate your comments. I do realize that I need to write for myself and no one else. I realized that after feeling sorry for myself for a couple days.
I shall continue my quest, for me.
Although my own writing is basically a protracted attempt at self-gratification, upon reflection I realized that it is not a sin to write for the pleasure of others. As a result, I think I ought to add that criticism can be a good thing, much more valuable than praise. It can shake you up and make you try harder. I don’t think a writer, though, should completely change his subject matter to comply with the whims of another, unless he’s dissatisfied with it himself, and he ought to take into consideration the writing abilities of the person offering the criticism, and even the skill of the person AT criticism. Criticism is something few can do well.
Finally, if you have trouble ignoring criticism, just pretend it’s coming from your mother. (Just a joke, Mary!)
But my mom is never critical of me. Hmm, that is why I live in Colorado and she is still in Michigan. Adolph, stay out of this.
the way that I structured my daily postings was this, I would have a daily commentary about something, usually bitching about it. I then would have a poem that would usually follow that same story line. Then my goals and accomplishments which would list what I had done the night before, exercise wise, and what I planned on doing that night. I would end it with a lyric that usually also followed all the above in one way or another. For me, it not only helps me get my thoughts and frustrations out, it also helps me with my training.
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