Dear Reader,
I have challenged myself to write for 30 days. This may not be much to some of you, but for someone whom has never blogged, it's quite the challenge. I will be open and honest in my writing and will take requests for topics when I am at a loss for ideas.
I am doing this because I have a fear of writing, not because I can't write, but because the reader may not understand the point that I am making. It's more of a communication, or mis-communication fear, which has happened too many times in person, let alone when whomever reads this projects a tone that might not be intended by myself. I'm pretty sure that in a former life I was a renowned author, hence the fear in this life. Please forgive any grammatical errors as it has been YEARS since I've written anything other than a facebook status update.
Let me give you a little background information about myself...
I am a college graduate, yet hated writing papers, so I used to make my Step-mother help me write them. When I was a Junior, I had gotten a comment stating that the paper had been written at a "barely freshman level". After that, I started writing my own papers, and mostly lost interest in writing. I was tested for learning disabilities in college by being given an I.Q. test. I scored with a borderline mentally retarded score of somewhere around 73. Now, my best friend from High school's sister had a similar I.Q. to what they said I had, and there is a DRASTIC difference between ourselves. The test was wrong, but somewhere in a file there is written documentation that I'm retarded. To me, this explains a lot.
After loosing my job almost 2 and a half years ago, I was on the phone with one of my siblings trying to figure out what to do next in my life. I had been divorced, put myself back through school, and was in that field for 5 years when the economy started tanking. She suggested that since I live in Chicago, I should take classes at The Second City. That following January I started learning about Improvisation and LOVED it. I "graduated" from the first year wanting more, so I took classes at the i.O. theater, which I recently finished.
OK, OK, what does this have to do with writing? Well, I want to write Sketch comedy, and possibly stand-up, and create characters that have depth to them. And for that I need to get over my fear of writing.
I got the idea the other night after writing a "note" on facebook. I thought I might write for 30 days because there is a thing (technical term I know), where you have to post a song for 30 days, so I thought I'd try to write for 30 days to see how it goes.
I don't know where this may take me. And I don't know how boring or exciting this might be for you to read.
But, I guess this is the start of something, so for today I'm done.
See you tomorrow.
P.S. I'm a BIG fan of sarcasm, so be aware of that...
