Writing
I created this lj identity for two reasons. The first was that I wanted an lj with a smaller, more selective friends list and second, because I wanted to have a place where I could do some serious writing.
Well, the serious writing never really happened because the guy who strings words together has not been motivated to do so for awhile now. My muse has not been answering calls and I am tired of leaving call me messages. There have been times like this before and I'm sure that there will be times like this again.
Recently though, I have been feeling the urge to start writing again, and that urge is becoming more insistant. I think that I am about ready, but now that I am, I'm not certain that lj is the place that I want to do it.
Therefore, I am making an appeal. Can anyone suggest a better forum for this? I did consider a "MySpace" forum but have largly avoided doing that because everyone seems to be on that particular bandwagon. Perhaps that is not a good reason and I should reconsider. I enjoy writing, and enjoy having my writing critiqued in terms of style and content. I have 63 years worth of things that I want to write about as well, and want to share that with people who think and act and feel. It's not so much that I think what I have to write is so important, but rather it is important that I say it, and say it in a place that that has the potential to generate dialog and discussion.
Lj is fine, and I don't want abandon it, but it seems that it's major value to me is in keeping up with the lives and thoughts of people whom I know and care about.
Any thoughts about this will be appreciated.
Well, the serious writing never really happened because the guy who strings words together has not been motivated to do so for awhile now. My muse has not been answering calls and I am tired of leaving call me messages. There have been times like this before and I'm sure that there will be times like this again.
Recently though, I have been feeling the urge to start writing again, and that urge is becoming more insistant. I think that I am about ready, but now that I am, I'm not certain that lj is the place that I want to do it.
Therefore, I am making an appeal. Can anyone suggest a better forum for this? I did consider a "MySpace" forum but have largly avoided doing that because everyone seems to be on that particular bandwagon. Perhaps that is not a good reason and I should reconsider. I enjoy writing, and enjoy having my writing critiqued in terms of style and content. I have 63 years worth of things that I want to write about as well, and want to share that with people who think and act and feel. It's not so much that I think what I have to write is so important, but rather it is important that I say it, and say it in a place that that has the potential to generate dialog and discussion.
Lj is fine, and I don't want abandon it, but it seems that it's major value to me is in keeping up with the lives and thoughts of people whom I know and care about.
Any thoughts about this will be appreciated.