What's in a blog?

I am a writer. I say that simple statement with all the pretentiousness that my voice can carry because I think it has to be true for a person to confidently write on a blog with no fear or no shame. After all the words you put in cyberspace will be out there for the world to see. The world may not know who wrote those words and will probably not care. But they will still be out there.

So what do I want to say for my first post?

If this is a serious endeavor in pouring our hearts out for the world to see, don't plan, just do. The blogs out there with the how to guides, the blah blahs and the whatchamacallits are out there because people are screaming at the world for them to listen.

We don't need to shout. We just speak our minds and our hearts when we can and it will be an amazing conglomeration of minds and words. Our lives will take on the interesting twists and turns and the stories will naturally come out. If this still seems like bunk...

I propose an exercise. This is applicable to everyone. Take ten minutes out of your busy lives and just find a quiet place with a blank sheet of paper and write. Don't stop just let the stream of consciousness flow. Don't stop to correct, don't stop to think, don't even stop to lift the pen off the paper. After ten minutes what you wrote will most likely be barely legible. But in that mess you'll find your gem. Start there.

Till the sun comes out,

Ms. Terry