Why I Blog

I've wanted to write professionally for four or five years now. Like many things I've wanted to do in my life, I haven't exactly gotten very far in this endeavor. Why not? Well, I've learned that writing is hard, and most difficult things tend to die on the vine, so to speak, with me. Don't get me wrong, I like to write, quite a bit in fact. My mind often swells with ideas and stories waiting to be told. I've got at least six or so solid story ideas that occupy my mind at any given time. So the desire to do this is there. The problem is that to write, to really write and create stories people want to experience, has to this point required more dedication and work than I've been willing to give. It's almost like real work! Not a fan of that sort of thing.

It's sad, really, because I do write a bit, but in a far less stressful arena: fan fiction. It's fun, sure, and the number of people I can please or disappoint is pretty low. It's a sort of incestuous little community, where fans write things that other fans would like. It's also 99% crap, and even if you do have one of the few good stories, the fact that slowly becomes apparent is that you've just expended a lot of creative power on something you do not own nor can you publish yourself. It's satisfying and fun and even a good way to practice writing, but ultimately I feel that I'm wasting effort that could be going towards my own stories. And so here we are.

This blog is part of my commitment towards writing. The professionals, the ones who are doing this for a living, say you should write everyday. Therefore I will be updating this blog at least once a day (more if I can help it). I'm through putting off realizing my dream. I'm ready to do the work required to get published. An article, a short story, a book, or a comic book; I intend to do what I can to get one of these published this year. Each step I take towards this goal, I'll chronicle here. And in 364 days, we'll see how I came out.