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I was never introduced to a blog until the beginning of this year. Actually i never knew what it was before that either. I did not want to have a blog because it seemed like way too much work just to write something down. But now, looking back on it, it was for different reasons. I honestly didn't really know much about the internet. Having a blog opened me up to learning new things about the internet. I'm happy i decided to go along with the whole blog idea.

Since it is now the end of the year, i want to take my writing back all the way to the beginning. My very first blog post, also my statement of purpose. Its not very long, so here it goes:

So, im not very good at getting my thoughts into words, because i rarely ever say what im thinking. But i think that this blog is going to be good practice. I'd like to write about music or something that is close to me. But i figure that music is to complex to really speak on. I really would like to choose a solid topic to write about but im to indecisive, so im probably going to just write whatever is gong through my head at the moment. Maybe something like our bi-polar weather, or the books that im constantly reading, or the personal experiences I've encountered.

I also want to improve my writing. Like not babbling on and on about something off subject, because i tend to do that a lot, stay on topic! I want to see the positive side of a subject, because im always pointing out negatives. Also, like i said, i need to improve on writing(typing) down my thoughts clearly, so that people who don't live in Tara's world can comprehend my point. I want to think and write my thoughts all the way through.

I think this blog tells a lot about me when i started writing. I remember it took me forever to just come up with this. The first sentence is so very true, i was just not good at writing.When i did eventually get it out, it came out okay, but in my head things were all mixed up. I also remember stressing over a topic to choose, me being very indecisive, i decided to just write about anything. I think if i had chosen a solid topic to blog about, i would not have been able to complete all my blogs or i would've gone crazy. My goals to improve my writing, ( i hate to say it ) were mostly put there to get this assignment over with because i did not believe this would help my writing. Reading it over now i think, even though at the time i was just trying to get this over with, in the back of my head i knew those were really my goals for writing. I don't think this blog is bad for my very first blog, i actually think its better than some of the blogs that came after it.

Like i said, the quality of my blogs went back and forth. Blogs that were after my first couple of blogs, seemed to be worse than before due to the lack of effort on my part. Toward the early middle of the year, i started getting more feedback about how to improve my writing. By then i had decided that i really did want to work on this because it can be a benefit in the future. Feedback is great when you want to learn how to be a good writer. My Crisis Of Faith blog was a big turning point for me with writing. I really put a lot of work into that, because i wanted to be able to look back on it and see how my writing improved. I remember not having as much of as problem writing that blog and making my thoughts into words, as i had before.

My mother thinks its obvious that my writing has improved. Shes always reading papers i've had laying around and she definitely agreed that my writing has gotten better even before she knew that i was doing blogs every week. I writing challenge i had before was thinking thoughts in my head, and being able to put them on paper in a way where people could understand. That wasn't only with writing, that was with speaking to people too. These assignments have taken me beyond just being able to type better. I really like being able to get my point across now.

Another thing i improved on has been the writers block! oh, its just horrible. I used to get it almost every other sentence. I thought that it was just something you cant fix. After doing the exercises in class, which i, once again thought wouldn't help, i was proved wrong. Slowly, after exercises i used such as brainstorming ahead of time, and writing down random thought i wanted to add, writers block kind of just faded away. I used to say, 'uhmmmm' and 'sooo' a lot in my blogs because i was really stuck. Now i can usually make my thought up and put them right into words without hesitation.

I think anything can inspire you to write, because there’s no limit on what to write about. You can basically write about everything and anything. Some things that inspire my blogs would be books, topics in class, moods in general, etc. A big inspiration would be other people, surprisingly. Being able to look and comment on other classmate’s blogs is a very helpful idea. Sometime you will read someone’s blog and be like, I can add to that or I have a different opinion about this. Also, I think a lot of the discussions in class are the best for starter ideas when doing a blog because there are so many different people contributing their ideas. Then you go create your own blog on the topic and have more than enough ideas to keep you from not getting stuck.