The obsession with blogging has become an absolute craze. People blog about any and everything. The list of blog categories grows with each passing day. And the beautiful thing about it is
people are writing again - putting their thoughts in written form.
I think Norbet Platt put it best when he said "The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes us think more deeply about life, which helps us regain our equilibrium".
As a writer or blogger, I can relate to what Mr. Platt is saying. The world can be such a hectic place. Everything's so forced and rushed these days. Writing gives the author an outlet of escape from the fast-paced constantly changing world around him allowing time for reflection, insight and creativity.
For me sharing my thoughts on a certain topic helps me develop a better understanding of the subject. I know why I feel a certain way and expressing those feelings through writing often gives me a clearer perspective of how I
arrived at the emotions expressed in the paragraphs coming to life in front of me.
Amazingly with all these bloggers and writers in cyberspace, people are doing something even more phenomenal than this new found love of writing that's got keyboards ablaze all over the blogosphere. We are reading again!
Reading has and always will be one of the best forms of relaxation. If the material is good, you find yourself absorbed in the words. It's almost as if you're there witnessing the story unfold before your eyes.
In the past, it just didn't seem there was enough time in the day for reading. We've all run out to the local Barnes & Nobles and purchased that "novel" that everyone's been talking about. You know the one you said you wouldn't put down until the last page was read. And wouldn't you know it, you discovered it under your bed yesterday while cleaning the house. Must have fallen under there two weeks ago which was around the time you purchased it.
Blogging has actually made reading more exciting. Not only are you, the blogger, able to educate, inspire, inform, delight and uplight with your words but you're also able to receive feedback through comments left by people who read your posts.
It's great to know you've touched someone with one of your stories or given someone a new outlook on a tough issue they may be facing. In all fairness, it's the reader who can often help you through a situation you've written about. Blogging can be therapeutic for both the reader and the blogger.
Yes, the weblog is a cyberspace fixture destined to continue to delight the thousands that visit their favorites on a daily basis.
So, to all you closet John Grishams, Stephen Kings, Alice Walkers and Patricia Cornwells go ahead and ditch those journals that have been lying around collecting dust.
Start a blog and see just how far your creativity can take you.
I look forward to reading.
