Writing is a Chain of Failures

Man! I've written more today (on tablets and iPods) than I've ever written before in my life. I hate, hate, hate this new obsession with typing on invisible keyboards. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love to have the confidence of both my writing and the screen right next to each other, because it allows me to see what I. Typing quicker than say typing with a keyboard and a monitor. I do enjoy it at times, but I don't believe there is a love with this new style of writing.
  Don't worry guys, this post isn't about me complaining of writing on here, because I don't like whining, especially this sort of whining, childish because  I personally don't like it. So yes, this post is not about my malice towards screen keyboards, although I could speak volumes on the subject. No, I've been writing on this app I discovered called the pocket writer, or something along those lines. So I've been typing on my iPod for nearly half the day, and I finished two chapters in about an hour each, which for typing on that dreadful screen, isn't so bad.
 I've been trying to write more, even if it's extra blog posts, or even a few more tweets than normal. I've been a bit successful, having posted three blog posts on Friday, and this post being written for Monday.
 This post will probably play out all throughout my weekend,which is fine, because I love to type, I literally will let my fingers bleed, just because I love to write. However, I'm finding my time writing is not being properly spent on the correct writing, meaning I'm wasting precious time writing about what I should be keeping as side projects. So I counter that nonsense with an amazing ability to write out helpful hints, nod musings on writing,entertainment, and opinions on the decay, and/or triumph of the digital medium.
   The blog you're reading right now is perhaps one of the older blogs I've hosted, but it's the only one I've loved, and I'm proud of how far it come: an ebb and flow closing in, and around a decade. I love that it goes up and down in popularity, and time seeing as it always comes down to how many posts I can get done. The struggles of living in an area with limited internet access,not even limited bandwidth, but entire internet access is admonished for the sake of a beautiful landscape, I find that the full blog would suffer more if I actually wrote on it daily.
    Writing is supposed to be this great way of communication, and craft. However, you shouldn't take to writing simply because you  want to write. Also, know your audience. I know from just reading my stats, that my audience is very broad, and I'm not trying to brag, but I know they come here for either types on writing, a discussion on technology that is old before it's published, or on certain subjects, such as film editing, or publishing a story. Publishing is now easier than baking cupcakes. Then again, editing film is easier than actually writing a decent script, so what entails as simple today, was brutally harder but fifteen, even twenty years before.
      This may inevitably prove we are getting dumber, as a civilization, or we just know learning to control a computer today will be as simple as watching an online tutorial. All I know is the sanctity of writing,,especially on the said subject of technology, still requires a finesse that is not just simply learned, it comes from honing a craft, which no computer could replace. Writing is human soul placed on the canvas, and so designed that anyone who can read can understand, but the  symbolism, the use of said words, are what separate the regular poetic slobs that try to sound hip, and the true artists that are incredible, but faulty due to ego.
    I try to walk a thin line, because all potential writers, no matter how obscene or serene their work, must walk a line of absurdity, and allegorical,prose that mismatch befitting a conscientious writer, but doesn't hinder the mainstream readership. Everyday is a struggle, because I would love to display my vocabulary, but I know that many readers will feel abashed to pull out the dictionary,,meandering about until they discover the meaning of a thirty-five letter word.
 Also, I think that most vocabularies can be impressive, but style takes that straightforward education on language, and forms it into elegant prose that will capture the imagination of the populous.
    I write so much about writing, that I sometimes wonder if it's all just rehashing of old debates, nothing fresh, just dolled up and shipped out. Yet, the pressure we feel as writers, it can all feel like that old voice telling you that you're failing, again, and always, forever. Writing is a chain of failures, it's supposed to be a horrid, gut-wrenching rejection, after rejection, until you learn not to be rejected. Some people need years to learn this fact, others get it right the first time without hassle. Either way, no matter the person you may be, writing to hounds as precious as a grape is to the stubborn wine maker. You want to age your craft to perfection, with the least amount of batches wasted. Contrary to popular beliefs, you can only work on, and finish one project at a time, because you can't let a  book, or short story manuscript sit around, and hope it finishes writing itself. No, you have to sit, or stand, and write it out yourself. It's the only art form that requires your full attention through every step of the process to reach completion.
   
    To conclude; it is impossible just to think of writing as an art form, because it's so much more. Not to sound any more cliche, but writing, especially for those who want to sell that first book for whatever reason, should have a to. Of reading from many different writers under their belt. Why? Because it shows you 1: how great writers of the past have been successful, and 2: how you can avoid common errors, like writing outside your own style, or failing to show originality.

Thank you for supporting the Malacast Editorial, I hope you've enjoyed the last series of posts on writing. As mentioned in the previous editorials, I'll have several video game themed posts coming up, so to kill out the monotony, and of course, many more previews and reviews that will fit back into place with the blog.

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