Okay they are just staring at me, all lined up, row after row, maybe hundreds of them. What are their expectations? I stand there frozen not reacting. What am I to do? Then the better half hits me on the shoulder and says pick a bag and let’s get going. Indecision over a bag of chips in the grocery store is never a good thing, yet they all call to you, some kind of sinister plot to waste us away.
As you know I write here to empty the synopsis of clogged up madness. Insanity spews forth like a water pipe leak somewhere in the house. You hear the water running yet you cannot pinpoint exactly where is the leak. And it just keeps on going, so does this blog. It takes a plumber to find the leak, who knows what it will take to completely clear the gray matter.
And I really don’t worry about the end product, it is for you to figure out. Which leads me to a point that I understand when I write, yet many times I never take into consideration. You may have read that I say, an editor is worth their weight in gold, but there is also another aspect of writing well and many times the editor helps achieve this goal, but sometimes it takes the ability to accept critique from many different sources.
For example, if you are trying to write something for work, what you know can get in the way of what you are writing. Everything you write makes sense to you, but how much does the reader glean from what you are saying. So a co worker is beneficial in this situation. They know the work, but their reading and feedback can make sure the message is conveyed well.
When you read what you write, you never see what the reader is missing. It makes sense to you because the point you are making is solidified in your head. How the words on paper are coming across may be a completely different story. God only knows how I passed a written exam in school when you realize the words on paper probably didn't come across they way I thought they did.
And for some strange reason that thought has been crawling around in my head the last few days. I am not sure why. At first I thought it was because I had written something and gave to someone to read for feedback. Of course ego always hinders progress, hard to have someone discuss what you did because half the time you are thinking, why don’t you get it, I know what I am saying. And yet this thought keeps lingering somewhere not so deep in the neurons trying to connect and touches the consciousness at times.
And no one is reading this in advance so as always dear reader you are forced upon to understand this water leak of thought coming at you. The persistence of this thought process has been strong enough to create this post, yet I really do not have an answer or point. I am stuck with this nagging thought creature that will not away.
There may be a milieu of writers that understand this constant peck at the forefront of the mind, but who knows. Great writers employ the ability to make sure the reader is at the forefront of what they produce. They have the skill or the understanding to make sure the words that eventually comes forth are expressed so the reader has the clear understanding of their point. Seems like common sense to say this, but so many writers including myself struggle with this end result. I for the most part do not spend inordinate amounts of time editing this blog, or asking for help. I write, I move on.
And maybe I am realizing this is a disservice to you the reader. If you take the time to read, you are taking the time to try to understand and appreciate what is attempted to be said. I should make the effort to make my points clear and concise. Yet, I do not see that happening as an ongoing endeavor.
I do thank you for your patience and I know there are some that read through my posts on occasions so hopefully that is because at least some ideas are running through the water pipes and are coming out at the right end destination instead of leaking out of the house.
Anyway whether posting this dribble helps to alleviate the recent drip on my brain we will see. Otherwise maybe it might force me to make a better effort.
Cheers
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