“Write to please just one person”– Kurt Vonnegut
I came across this helpful advice the other day on “discovery engine” Brain Pickings.
Being a fan of reading self-helps, how-to’s, tips and lists, I often find writing advice painfully obvious or boring. I don’t paste quips from various writers in Pinterest-worthy display above my desk nor do I partake in any zen-like daily writing practices.
Writing for me has simply been a creative hodge-podge that sometimes works and sometimes doesn’t. I let my gut and my heart take the reins while my brain often holds on for dear life (hence the occasional typo).
With all that being said, this simple quote from Vonnegut struck a chord with me. It’s doubtful that the author said the advice with Internet writing in mind, but needless to say it is more than applicable.
Being a blogger does something to you.
It confuses you.
“Am I writer or am I blogger?” you ask yourself.
Some people are just bloggers. And I’m not implying that (more…)