Bigger Word Count to Fulfill - No Problem!

Today we were challenged to write an extra amount from the 100 words per day that we were originally asked to do.  We were asked to write 250 to 300 words.  I chuckled to myself a little bit because I regularly write that much on this blog.  I write that much because when I get started on a topic, I don’t like to wrap up until I am finished with all I need to say about what I have decided to talk about on any particular day.

We were asked to try and follow the rules of writing as outlined in the textbook today.  My launching off point is combined with my reporting in which I do not know what I am going to write about so I scour through CNN.com for material to blog about.  When I focus, I usually decide to discuss things that happened to me in the past day or two, or if I decide to write about something on the internet, I try to put the thing I saw in context and then write commentary on that thing that I saw.  When I limber up, I like to sit in my comfy office chair in my room (its nothing special, but my bum has grown to love it) and I am a fan of having a beverage handy and/or having something to eat (I just had a bowl of Cheerios for example).  Then I go about the writing itself, which usually doesn’t take a lot of time (unless I really have lots to say about it).  Something that I usually lack in when it comes to the writing process is the rewriting and the copyediting.  When I write, I usually like to step back from what I’ve written and decide that it’s good because I got the work done (at least when it comes to papers).  When it comes to creative writing however, I do tend to rewrite and it takes me a while to finally decide that I like what I have written.  When it comes to copyediting, again I use it more when it comes to creative writing rather than academic paper writing.  Possibly it’s the thought that I just want to get the academic papers done while I tend to put great pride into my creative writing.  I wish to write for many years to come, whether as a hobby or something I get paid to do.

Oh my, would you look at that word count.  Once again, my fingers have danced around the keyboard and produced a written product much bigger than anticipated.  Oh well, I guess I had something to say.

Quote of the day:

From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put

   -Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)-

Word of the day: gaucherie:

\goh-shuh-REE\ , noun:

1. A socially awkward or tactless act.

2. Lack of tact; boorishness; awkwardness.