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Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25551 Posts
March 24 2013 23:56 GMT
#1

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I was thinking for a moment about what it means to write and be a writer. It seems like many years have passed since I set pen to paper for a reason other than work or schoolwork. My poetry has left me, if it was ever mine at all-- that period of time in middle school and early high school when I wrote in verse both troubles me and inspires me. I read my old poems and they embarrass me-- after all, I was a teenager at the time, and my work expresses teenaged thoughts. I can't help but think though that had I continued, I might have become rather good. I suppose the exception to the trend of less pleasure writing is this blog, my outlet for writing short stories from my childhood, my life, and my enjoyment of starcraft.

I'm proud of a lot of what I've written here. Even now, it seems that as I write each word the next one comes easier. I come closer to what I was when I last wrote, and move further away from what I was a moment ago-- uninspired. I feel like simply writing this makes me someone better. I have trouble thinking about posting this piece, though-- it feels like a thought rather than a blog. My own musings seem to me distinct from what I write in my blog. Blogging is a performance, a spectacle. It exists in the public sphere-- and this? This is about a struggle with my own ability to write. Barring some very interesting cases, people don't want to know about the private, they want to know about the public.

Also, on some level this explains how the community reacts to a lot of what's posted here in the blog section. If a blog is focused on something external, like a movie or the actions of celebrities or esports, it is usually well-received-- whereas a blog focused on the internal is typically ignored unless it's also amusing. We expect (reasonably, I'd say) that blogs should entertain us. When someone posts a blog about how they're still in Bronze league, and has a replay pack with 20 replays attached in which they try to analyze their own play, they aren't going to draw a lot of replies. But if it's a blog about a guy who plays LoL and is about to get dumped by his gf for a dude she met online? Expect a crowd. I'm not saying that this is bad or good, but this is how it is.

Whatever the case is, I'm blogging again. This isn't the best post, but it isn't nothing either. Perhaps writing about writer's block is something too private for a blog. I'm reminded of what my 10th grade English teacher said about writing essays: If you don't know where to start, start writing a letter to yourself about how you're stuck. The rest comes naturally.

****
When you stare into the iCCup, the iCCup stares back.
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IRL_Sinister
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Ireland621 Posts
March 25 2013 00:08 GMT
#2
I'm the same actually. I've been told I'm very good at writing, arguing and getting my point across (to the point where my parents suggested I go to law school) but I, too, am uninspired. However, just like you when I begin writing I find that each word comes easier, one after the other.
Carbonyl
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
United States334 Posts
March 25 2013 00:24 GMT
#3
The key is enjoy what you do. Don't write if you don't enjoy writing. Don't write about things you aren't interested in. That's why I never really liked english until college level. I couldn't care to write a paper about myself, but let me choose my topic and I'll enjoy writing a good paper!
It takes quite a long time of playing and watching a video game before you realize how bad at it you really are.
docvoc
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States5491 Posts
March 25 2013 00:24 GMT
#4
I have the opposite. I'm inspired to write, hell I rarely get writer's block when I'm not drastically unmotivate for whatever reason (it takes a lot to do that to me); however, whenever I write about anything that has to do with the human experience I'm told I come off as that dude-who-emo-hair-flips guy. Though my speaking ability doesn't do that I hope , despite the fact that I hairflip too much IRL.

On the note of the girl blogs, since I am a routine offender. I find that TL has an affinity for girl blogs for two reasons. One is because guys like to see other guys take their advice on girls, everyone, even if they have never kissed a girl, thinks they have the best advice in the world, when it comes to conquering the opposite sex at least. Two is that there is a certain pathos that is intrinsic to girl blogs, the people who write them tend to put a lot of emotion in to them. The entire process is wholly emotive, and the reader feels that; consequently, the reader feels while he reads, it makes him less passive and more active simply by seeing the words, "I loved her," or even more painful, "I don't love you anymore." Girl blogs can become retarded, Stateofreverie-esque stains on the blog section of TL, or they can be powerful treatises on life changing events. Most of them are in the middle though . Also, why aren't you featured? I know you were very popular a while ago (like 4-ish months) right?
User was warned for too many mimes.
Carbonyl
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
United States334 Posts
March 25 2013 00:27 GMT
#5
The problem with girl blogs on TL is that all the advice is absolutely horrid. The average girl-blog-responder's mentality is somewhat disturbing.
It takes quite a long time of playing and watching a video game before you realize how bad at it you really are.
Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25551 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-25 00:30:47
March 25 2013 00:29 GMT
#6
I think being featured requires a certain average star rating, and my blog posts typically don't get rated except by the 1-star ninja who comes and rates my blog 1 star before anyone has replied, leaving no trace of his existence except the star. Perhaps we were enemies in another life, or I slighted him somehow on the internet and this is his subtle revenge for my transgression. I will never know, for he has no calling card-- he is a force of pure malevolence who wishes me nothing but ill ratings.

Girl blogs are "good", and so is the advice that comes about as a result.
When you stare into the iCCup, the iCCup stares back.
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Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
March 25 2013 00:31 GMT
#7
I like the way you think.
@RealHeyoka | ESL / DreamHack StarCraft Lead
MysteryMeat1
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States3292 Posts
March 25 2013 00:59 GMT
#8
YAY! One of my favorite people on TL is back in the blog section. I expect artwork from paint!
"Cause ya know, Style before victory." -The greatest mafia player alive
jrkirby
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1510 Posts
March 25 2013 01:30 GMT
#9
It's so weird looking at you with a science vessel. The mutalisk suited you so much better.
Roe
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada6002 Posts
March 25 2013 01:31 GMT
#10
I often wonder why my blogs don't seem to get as much attention as the common girl blog or whatever. In a way it makes me sad. In the end I reconcile with the fact that I have a few people that like my writing, and that's enough to warm my heart. I'll keep writing because I have to write, even if no one cares.
WaveofShadow
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada31494 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-25 04:34:59
March 25 2013 04:34 GMT
#11
BH.
Mafia blog.
Gogo.

Edit: Oh that reminds me still gotta listen to the podcast!
twitch.tv/waveofshadow ||| Winner of AHGL's So You Think You Can Cast! ||| Juicy Dad for lyfe ||| 'idk i get a kick out of stupid things' - Jarms Yarng
Japhybaby
Profile Blog Joined February 2013
Canada301 Posts
March 25 2013 14:24 GMT
#12
have trouble thinking about posting this piece, though-- it feels like a thought rather than a blog. My own musings seem to me distinct from what I write in my blog


I think you're taking it all too seriously. A writer is someone who dedicates his or her time to writing something that other people will find value in. I think a lot of us strive for that title too often, as if one day a magical being will come down and knight you as a true writer. It's honestly not that big of a deal. If you find a way that you would like to write or a reason for writing, then work on it everyday, even when it feels like a chore to work on it.

Another thing about the blogs section here on Teamliquid is we come to discuss. we want to discuss, not just read. No offence but if we want something with literary value to read we will probably go to a library or a book store, not TL blogs.. hehe.. so i mean.. just keep it relatable and engaging with who you know yo be your audience.. ie SC fans of all sorts..
hold on! i'm callin' you back to the pool, and we'll dazzle them all!
Carbonyl
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
United States334 Posts
March 27 2013 17:33 GMT
#13
Sorry, but the advice on the girl blogs here is not good. TL are big advocates of sleeping around, selfishness, and lack of empathy as a whole. Terrible ways to actually handle girl troubles.
It takes quite a long time of playing and watching a video game before you realize how bad at it you really are.
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