This is week two of blogging on my website. I am practicing my fluency with the website. Sometimes I think I properly posted something only to find out that I posted nothing. The more I post, the more fluent I will become.
I have been getting so many projects assigned for me this week, this blog post for one. I have also had the luxury of catching up on some reading for my classes. I had this unanswered question as I kept on working: Who am I writing this for?
I am not saying that what I have to say isn’t important. I guess what throws me off a little bit is not being able to write about sports in these blog posts. I have always loved sports, and talking about them is something I have always enjoyed. As I was reading Zinsser’s “On Writing Well,” he mentions writing for yourself, to write what makes you happy.
This had me wondering about the purpose of doing this kind of blog about a book in the first place. To me, sports are way more exciting. I feel like that is an extension of writing for yourself. Zinsser also makes a point about keeping the audience in mind.
It sounds contradictory. Especially when I know that these posts are for a class, taking the audience literally. It is challenging for me to be engaging in a topic that doesn’t really excite me. That was the main point Zinsser was making when encouraging writers to write for themselves. To write about what excites you in a way that also excites the reader. The “audience” wouldn’t matter to me while that is the case.
This is my biggest cause for writer’s block. Getting stuck in thinking what the audience expects me to write instead of just writing. Being heard is something I feel is common in most people, and if you feel people aren’t going to read what you have to say, it is understandable to wonder what to write in the first place.
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