Post-grad Panopticon
English: Moleskine notebook and diaries. Беларуская: Нататнік і штодзёньнікі Moleskine. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The only way to become a writer is to write.
I graduated this year last year in 2010 with an English Literature and Creative Writing degree and a sense of shock. The most important thing I learnt over my three year degree was that in order to write, and write well, you need to learn to ignore the little voice that tells you not to bother.
In order to address both the sense of shock and the voice of writer’s block I am starting this blog in the hope that one day I’ll get into the habit of recording my thoughts in a way that could be shared.
The aim:
- To include any and all writings, snippets, thoughtlets and processes which would otherwise be lost between the cover of my Moleskine.
- To include photographs, reflections, memories, worries – anything to do with normal life.
- When these two become too great to co-habit, perhaps I can split the writing off into it’s own little prison-panopticon, but until then let’s just get the practice right.
When I’m not filling my days with a budding interest in librarianship, expect from this blog poetry, excerpts of prose, thoughts on reading and writing, and the occasional moan about the library in which I currently work.
Have you read Anne Lamott? She has this great little gem titled Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life. (Perhaps I’m jumping ahead a bit seeing as I’ve only glanced at your blog for approximately 8.24 seconds.) Regardless, some of your sentiments on writing are discussed in this book. It’s quite the good read!
Posted by alligatorsbite | May 6, 2011, 02:44“in order to write, and write well, you need to learn to ignore the little voice that tells you not to bother” <—-I couldn't agree more, and that's why I think blogs are the best invention ever!!! You get to express yourself however you choose to, and can attract like-minded people along the way! Also, without blogs, writers would forever be dependent on other people to approve and like their writing before it ever got published! THAT can be very frustrating for someone who just wants to write….
Posted by ThingsYouRealizeAfterYouGetMarried | May 26, 2011, 12:49