Here's the point

I've toyed with this idea for a while, after my dad put the thought in my head. Especially in the past few years, I have been dissatisfied with the amount of writing that I put out. I mean, I want to be an author, for christ's sake. I should be writing. So my goal with this blog is to change that.

There likely won't be much rhyme or reason going from one post to another. The point is to write - it doesn't matter what that writing is. Some days I will write fiction, and some days I will write about things that have happened in my life. Some things that I think about, and some things that I think up. Some pieces will be terrible, and let's not kid, that will probably be many of them, and some pieces will be fantastic. But that's just how writing works. You have to polish a turd to make it into a diamond. That's the whole idea.

Starting on January 1, 2015, I want to write daily for a year. I'm thinking of starting off with a minimum 500 word per day goal for myself, but we'll see how that works out. I don't think it should be too difficult, so I may end up bumping that up. I won't know until I try. This is not to say I won't write anything before that date, and it certainly doesn't mean I won't write anything after. I'm just trying to set a goal.

I invite anyone who may find this blog, for any reason, to give me feedback. Please don't just tell me my writing is terrible or great, though. I mean, it's nice and all if you like my writing, but tell me why. And if you don't like it, tell me if it's just because you don't like what I'm writing about, or if there's something about my writing that I could possibly do better. Like I said, the point of this exercise is to try and become a better writer. I want to establish a pattern for myself, but I also want to improve as a writer in general. Writing the same kind of stuff every day isn't going to serve that purpose particularly well.

I am also going to be working on figuring out how all the stuff on this blog works. I've never done this before, and it's all one big experiment for me. I'm really hoping it works out, and I would love some help to do that. If you know anything about using blogger, or about writing, or anything at all that might be useful, don't hesitate to say something.

A way to check word count in particular would be great.