So, I read my photo post and realized that I hate the way I sound when I am writing. I just plain old don't like it. It feels like fingernails on a
chalkboard. This isn't a new issue for me. When I traveled with Youth Encounter, we each had to write a journal entry and submit it online to some sort of forum database thing. (Think blog but
slow and
less pretty.) The first two months all of my journal entries sounded as if I was possessed by some sort of
writing demon. The lowest quality of my journal entries was about one of the more memorable experiences I had stateside. The overall unimpressive nature of my writing has been preserved at the
archive section of the Youth Encounter pages. I managed to turn a great experience into something trite. I feel as though I am doing this again and I am now issuing a call for help.
Here is what I am reading right now:
If you write like you talk, readers will listen
Any critique out there for me? Help me sound human again.
Update: 4/6/2013
Anne Lamott's text
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
has been very helpful.
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