Is blogging a form creative writing? It certainly seems an addictive type of writing and one that I am getting hooked on. This week I have spent quite a bit of enjoyable time creating a blog site for my business. The results of which, I am very pleased with.
Sometimes I think that these posts may be a distraction from my main purpose, but on the other hand they do serve to keep me focused. I set self-imposed targets to try and achieve before the next post. Then the very fact that I have published these targets, gives me the added resolve to achieve them, rather than to have to explain my short falls at the following one.
So far this system seems to be working well. On the last post I said I would spend time on poetry, which I had neglected. Here I claim partial success. I have indeed written another poem, but not followed my plan to study more of Mr Fry’s book.
The dilemma now is simply that I am finding that not only do I really enjoy writing poetry, but also that I enjoy writing it my way. I seem to be finding a voice of my own, poetically that is. I have ideas for poems in abundance, but I need to follow my own structure and rhyme, it has to sound right to me, the way I want it to sound.
Sometimes I think that in our struggle to follow all the conventions and golden rules associated with writing both prose and poetry we run the risk of loosing individuality and originality. The very qualities we should be seeking to achieve, the qualities we look for in a new and exiting author ourselves.
Daniel Walters continues his adventures in Dorset with another post and I am playing with another idea for my younger grandchildren, as well as working on another short story.
Aims for this week: 1. To keep up with the work in progress. 2. To return to Mr Fry with an open mind, but not necessarily the intention to change my style. (Yes I think I have one now.)
