The wonder of writing

It has taken me a week to draft another article for work. Unlike its predecessor, this one is a real thorn to bend. I treat my write-ups as important as my reputation. I write for a greater purpose; I refrain from pure PR. Hence, I don’t put out half-baked, name-dropping stories. I want my write-ups to carry just the right amount of details to convince my readers. This one is still lanky, but slowly gaining weight.

And this is the wonder of writing: it gets serious (hopefully better) as you write more even though most of the time it’s a bumpy ride. You feel the need for more information, so you call your informant. Afterward, with the interview finally done, you read your improvised draft and judge it as somewhat sounding not right yet.

You know it because it reads segmented. Some paragraphs seem to merit an independent sheet. So, you try to tag them along, just like how you add filters to various photos to make them seem alike.

“Writing is tiresome but wonderful. It comes with the expectation to come across a word or a hint that will lead you closer to your purpose. So you write more and declutter your structure even more.”

Important to remember when you are writing is your purpose that makes your story worth telling. The longer you remain in your chair and run out of words, the more tempting it is to let it go and browse the net. But if you commit more than your name to it, if you want others to pick up a lesson out of your stories, you work on it and--your butt glued to your chair--get it done today or tomorrow.

So, I come back to my draft now. If you are reading this post, it means I have just turned in the article I have been fussing about.

Drafted September 21.