the beginning
WHY?Why start a blog?
I’ve have been thinking of starting a blog for a few years. I still doubt my ability as a writer, but I'm forcing myself to put what I make out into the world to be judged, and hopefully enjoyed, by you. I’m sure I will make mistakes and be completely embarrassed in a few years by a good portion of the words I put on the internet, but like George Bernard Shaw said,
““A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.””
I believe that it is important for people to create something. whether it’s writing stories or poems, painting, making music, carpentry, model trains, or anything else you can think of. If you really care about what you make, one of the best ways to make it better is to let others see it and tell you what they think.
But its scary,
because you might not like it.
For me, it isn’t the time and effort it takes to make something that makes it hurt when what I’ve made is rejected. It hurts because when I put something out into the world I am saying to everyone “I think this thing is good” and when they reject my creation I realize not only that what I made is probably garbage, but also that my judgement of what is valuable is completely wrong, and that is the part that scares me.
See, I can handle not having the skill necessary to make something decent, skills can be learned. But if I can’t tell whether or not something I’ve made can “cut the mustard” (what a weird saying) then I can’t trust my own judgment and I will have a much harder time improving my skill.
I’m already cringing at the thought of actually putting this online for people to see, but I know if I don’t make mistakes, if I don’t open myself up to rejection, I will never be able to improve.
So thats why.
