Today marks day one, year three of blogging here at My Word Study. Sometimes we have to explore and experiment to not only discover our passions but also to eliminate things as possibilities.
It’s been two years of discovery, but one thing stands out.
One thing I’ve realized in these past two years is that writing is hard work. Additionally, and this has been somewhat of a surprise to me, I’ve found I don’t enjoy it as much as I once believed. Or maybe I should say certain styles of it.
I’ve always considered myself a writer, partly because I can, but I haven’t actually done it much, not since college anyway. There I always got positive feedback from my professors, but looking back I realize that most of my writing was literary analysis…offering an interpretation of a piece of literature to uncover and expound upon the meaning the author sought to convey in the work. Creative writing? I can’t ever remember doing it. I’ve attempted it here with little success. No, I’m not one who is any good at creating an original piece. What I do is repeat, recount, restate, in a sense regurgitate words written by others.
I’m discovering, with the help of two years of blogging, that not much has changed since college. Most of my writing is still literary analysis, offering an interpretation of a piece to uncover and expound upon the meaning the author wanted to convey. I still use such things as context, theme, allegory, and symbolism to find that meaning. What has changed is the Author whose words I search out. By searching for meaning in His words I’m finding the meaning in mine.
Looking forward to year three of my Word study.
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