Writing

Written originally May 16, 2008:

Writing; a form of communication. The act of a person or thing that writes. Characters or matter written with a pen or the like. A way of expressing thought and ideas.

I love writing, and I didn't realize it until, of course, writing was no longer one of those things I *had* to do. That last year I had in high school was the year I felt that pull of wanting to show off my literary sense. Sadly it was the shortest year I had ever experienced in high school, as I was a new mom and started to feel the pull of taking care of my kid over trying to finish an education I didn't think I would need or want.

I was elated when I entered a small vocational college and had to take a Compsition class. I hated a couple of the books I was required to read, but loved to write the reviews and reports on the various genre of assignments my teacher assigned.

Move a few years later and you have the world wide web, and the ever popular invention of blogs. I never thought I would find a place where I could just write to my hearts content. It didn't matter who read them or what people said about them; just the enjoyment of pumping out some "matter written with a pen or the like", the like being my trusty keyboard.

I really enjoyed finding ways to put my thoughts down in black and white. I don't care if people loved my work or not. I got a kick out of remembering proper writing rules and breaking nearly every one of them. If I could take a red pen to my screen while writing I would. And proof reading and correcting, who could hate that, right?

Maybe as I continue to mature (read *age*) I will even find some love for mathmatics, but I think that should be a different blog...