This year I began teaching English. I spend my days critiquing others' writing and yet I don't know if I have any ability to write, myself. Hence the name of my blog--Those who can't do, teach. Hopefully this isn't true.
I keep a password protected journal on my laptop where I pour out my deepest musings, angst, and prayers without consideration for grammar, punctuation, spelling, or content. It's not really an accurate assessment of writing ability because it's just typing as I think and pray. Somehow, putting it down on "paper" transfers the stress from my brain to the page, allowing me to let it go and get on with life. I rarely go back and reread, and in fact when my last laptop crashed and my hard-drive was unrecoverable, it didn't really bother me much to lose my journal, because it's for the moment. It's not for later.
So I am beginning this blog, this secret web log. It's secret because I am not going to go blabbing about it, posting a link on facebook and hoping to be "discovered" and to gain thousands of followers. I just want to challenge myself to write clearly, succinctly, and interestingly, with spelling, grammar, and all those things included. I want to see if I can do, not just teach.
If you stumble on this post, drop me a line. Let me know how I'm doing.
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