Letters.
Words. Phrases. Sentences. Paragraphs. Essay. Are these the only things found
in a writer’s view? This may sound very typical to everyone but the innermost
sense of these terms differs on how a writer executes his feelings toward a
chosen subject.
I used to be a
writer for our school paper way back in grade school. I was assigned in the
Sports Column and at the same time managed to do the Editorial Cartooning. It
was a great experience to be a part of a writing staff. It showed me different
aspects of writing that life cannot capture, taught me to be more confident and
responsible for my choice of words and encouraged me that I could do greater
things using my mighty pen and paper.
I
find writing as an essential way of expressing some thoughts and ideas that
one’s mind can’t work with by just explaining it through speech. Sometimes, I
would find myself sitting on a so-called “silent sanctuary” holding a pen over
a piece of paper. I then try to write along with my rigid pen strokes which
seem to be somehow relaxing to me. I think that through writing, I can improve
my ways of thinking, appreciating simple things and living in a creative
manner.
Stepping inside
the blogging industry is quite another mileage to take. I find it different
from what I have used to -- no pen and paper, just a keyboard to type-in and an
internet access to publish my blogs inside the cyber world. One problem that I
might face is the lack of ideas to write likewise called as the “writer’s
block”. It ends the mind of a writer to comply with its creative ideas and cut
short ones mind in still. Maybe there is a big challenge for a newbie writer
like me to find harmony in making things possible to find for fresh ideas to
come up with. Thus, my working environment in particular will be one of the
challenges in my nine-week span in my ENGLONE class. Another is the lack of
motivation because sometimes it is hard to find meaning in writing when
everything becomes unfamiliar. I find myself reading periodicals and short
essays for me to be at ease with the words I least know. Doing these things in the long run will
surely strengthen my capabilities as an effective writer, perhaps.
Excellent
communication skills play a major part on becoming an effective writer. It
enhances the capability of an individual to think beyond the limit. I guess, somehow,
that a good writer is definitely a good communicator, too. Concise topic can
lead every writer to a potential draft, and that rough draft to a ready-to-publish
piece which also comes with boundless responsibilities. Letters and symbols
don’t fill the gap between the writer and the reader alone, it’s the content
which makes the readers get more interested to read and for the writer to become
more confident in sharing ideas that others can’t fathom.
