One of my mental blocks as a writer is trying to figure out my audience. That was always a tricky question for me to answer when writing papers in college? Who am I writing this paper for, exactly? The college professor who is grading me, obviously. But what about the blog? Who am I writing for? Is it just for me and then I launch it out into the world in case someone else needed what I did? Is it a convenient way to communicate with family both near and far? To honor those who have come before me and those who come after? Is my rambling for friends? People with depression? Parents? Women? Mormon? Ex-Mormon? People with chronic pain? (I would argue we all live with chronic pain but I digress...) Will my words find English majors? (They are likely appalled with my lack of editing.) Poets? Artists? Quilters? Lovers of words? Spiritual people, who wonder if it is true that they belong everywhere and nowhere? Thirty-somethings? Teens? The walking wounded w...
Reminds me of the saying that a million monkeys with typewriters will eventually come up with Shakespeare. I love that Ian's already making independent contributions to the family blog. Keep up the good work, Eee!
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ReplyDeleteThat's cute. You start teaching them "creative writing" young around your house! McKinley's favorite toy is the computer. She messed up the screen a few days ago. It took me hours to figure out how to get it back to normal. You would think I would learn to not let her play with it but she gets so excited and squeals with delight the whole time.
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