Painfully Boring and Dull First Post

Yesterday, I was looking through some helpful web sites trying to get a few pointers in this very large and bewildering new world I’ve decided to step into.

After a short time I began to feel quite frightened! Oh no! There’s all this stuff going on and ‘how to’s’ and ‘What not to do’s’ etc that I thought – “I can’t possibly do this! I have absolutely no experience whatsoever!!! I’d better just give up right now – I don’t stand a chance!”

I began to wonder whether this is just another example of one of my mad, compulsive ideas to be forgotten about as soon as my enthusiasm wears out again.

Well, it might be – I don’t know. It has been floating around in my head for a long time though and so I began to think about why I wanted to scribble away.

I’ve always loved writing little stories and English (along with Art) was one of the few subjects that I really enjoyed at school – mostly the creative side of it though – not the boring grammar and sentence structure etc… (Hmm, perhaps I really should have paid more attention to that now!)

For over a year and a half now I’ve been part of a collaborative writing and RP Forum on the all mighty interwebbyness. I’m not to going to say what it is yet – maybe another day…

Basically it started out as a lot of people writing bits of various ongoing story threads as seen from their character’s points of view based on a popular BBC TV show – there now, that’s a bit of a clue isn’t it?!

Anyway, over the months, most of posters drifted off and so only a few remain. However, I began to find my initial character evolving and my postings becoming more detailed, the plots getting more refined etc to a point that it was really re-awakening my love for writing. Ideas were starting to grow and it was just so enjoyable! (Still is!)

I think that’s when I began to realise just how much I did love it all.

I began to find myself reading a few favoured blogs of ’real’ writers, a couple of which do actually write for the show which inspired our Forum. Gradually I started to really become interested in how they did things, and what it was all about.

I’m still at the very outer edges though – just taking the odd casual, interested peek into what it’s all about and maybe, just maybe, I can concentrate on this.

It always amazes me when other people, some of whom aren’t even threatened by me into actually reading the inane rubbish I spout on my other blog!

The fact that someone, somewhere has taken the time to read my random babblings gives me such a buzz and a boost!

I’ve just realised that there really isn’t a point to this blog post at all! There might have been when I sat down to write it – but whatever it may or may not have been has long gone!

Perhaps there’s no hope for me after all! However, I’ve just spent a good 10 minutes rambling away. I know! I’ll start practicing to be portentous and call it ‘Writing Practice!”

There – that sounds much better now doesn’t it!