Writer’s Workshop- Why I enjoy Writing
The prompt -” What inspires you to write” really caught my attention this week. I’ve always love writing since young. Even now I do freelance writing as and when I get the chance to do so. It would be great if I am able to make a full-time living through writing however the opportunities and job are few and the pay quite minimal in our current economic state.
I started blogging after my 1st kid was born. It was done to mark down the milestones that he had achieved and to share his growing up with the rest of the family who were abroad. It started out seven years ago as a simple journal filled with kids photos and excerpts of their live as that particular moment in time.
From a single blog I went on and created a few other blogs where I wrote on different issues and topics. Handling multiple sites grew tiring and I soon cut back to 3 main sides – the kids, my own personal blog and this one where I share their growing up and my personal experiences as a parent and a teacher.
Before the internet I used to write in my diary and journals. I do still keep a journal (4 actually as there is one for each kid) where I write in the different milestones in their lives and mine. The entries are not as long as on here on this blog . I guess that it is because I am more comfortable typing than actually holding the pen and writing. The fat that I am able to speed type also makes me more incline to type than write.
You may be wondering why I still keep a hard copy of important events when everything nowadays are digital and online. I’m still quite worried about data/pictures going missing online due to viruses and trojan horses.Another reason is that it would be nice for the kids to be able to look back and read how they have physically and mentally developed over the years in the journals I am keeping for them as their future wedding/21st birthday gift.
Why do you write ?
