As I have been racking my brain, thinking about my next post, what I should write, and how to be somewhat interesting, I figured that we have our text book for a reason. I might as well use it right? I like to be somewhat spontaneous so I decided to crack the book open and use something from whatever random page I ended up on. PERFECT!!!! I can work with this J

 I am in chapter 11 of the Painter text. The line I have decided to work with is on pg. 48 and states: “We can all be writers; just what kind of writer is up to you.” This is so true. If you asked me a few days ago if I were a writer, I would certainly have told you no. My answer today would be, “Aren’t we all writers?”

The time we first got a writing utensil in our hand we became writers. Some had a tendency of being a “wall writer” others were very good at writing scribbles on paper. Then as we got older things began to change. Some began pursue writing as a career, some people only use writing to sign their names on the bottom of receipts, and others, such as myself, write when points are on the line or when we want to come up with a genius Facebook status.

Whatever kind of writing we do doesn’t matter; we are still writing. I don’t know about any of you reading this blog, but I have spent quality time perfecting those Facebook statuses. It is really quite the challenge when you think about it. I only have 420 characters to, often times, fit 3,000 characters of thought and feelings into. If you ask me, that takes some serious skill.

I guess my point is that it doesn’t matter if you are recognized as a writer or not. If you want to write then write J Write about the things you want to write about. Most likely, especially if you are in school, you are going to write about some things that don’t really interest you. Don’t let those occasions keep you form the type of writing you would enjoy.