Why I like to blog

Creativity is a talent that can be expressed in an assortment of ways.

For some people, their creativity comes in a pattern of brush strokes on a canvas, or shaded areas of graphite on paper. Some people live to manipulate digital images, creating images and arrangements that defy plausibility.

Writing has become a sort of art for me, a way to express my opinions on an assortment of platforms where others can view it. Sometimes the platform calls for structure, and a restrictive style of writing. I've written a broad variety of pieces for all manner of publications, and the one truth I've found in my writing career is that this blog is the only place where my writing is truly mine, and the freedom to write what I want is only limited by my creativity.

Editors are a true example of the phrase "a double-edged sword". When I write a 500+ word feature piece, I'm bound to make a few grammatical errors, or accidentally misspell something. It's natural, I'm a human, it's not a big deal. Editors have saved me plenty of embarrassment by correcting these errors before other can see them. However I have dealt with a handful of editors in my budding career and at one point or another they have all taken a buzzsaw to my work before publishing it.

Some do it for "flow", believing that adding or subtracting a sentence makes the article smoother. Others do it because of a personal preference for how they might say something over the way the writer has it written. 

"Frankensteining" is what I call it, because it is essentially the result that you get when you take an article written one way by someone, and then interject someone else's ideas haphazardly amongst the piece. Sometimes, it isn't too bad, heck, sometimes it might even make the piece better. Far too often, however, an editor can completely commandeer a piece, much to the chagrin of the writer.

I'm not worried about whether you sympathize with my opinion here, because that's not the point. I feel like I have neglected this blog in favor of publishable material, which is unfortunate, because having the ability to write something for myself that I can share with you, my (I'd assume) loyal readers is something I should not take for granted.