Write, Writer, Write!

"Sigh" is right.

Welcome to Write, Writer, Write, the writing blog I've created to help encourage us to write, write, write!

Before I get to telling you about the purpose of this blog, I want to start off by keeping it real. Let's face it: most of us can probably empathize with Jorge Cham's comic depiction of what it's like coming back to school after a long break, regardless of how you spend it.  After that terrible race-to-the-finish of papers and exams at the end of a trimester, semester, or school year, we all needed a break to de-stress, yet some of us try to find some time to also get stuff done just to make the return a little less painful. Back in my day (not that long ago!), before laptops were common in class, I found myself barely able to hold a pencil right, let alone write anything coherent my first few day in school after vacation.  

Therein lies the purpose of this blog. 

Writing can be tough. In fact, writing can be frustrating, exhilarating, stressful, liberating, and many times, lots of fun. But as we've probably experienced before, the hardest part can often be getting started, and that's why we're going to be blogging as a way of starting up the writing process, of making it a more natural part of our lives. 

At times I'll ask you to write about the challenges we face as writers or about the topics we're interested in exploring, all in order to get us thinking about where we want to be in our writing careers (a.k.a. our lives). At other times I'll suggest more directly paper-related prompts, such responses to readings, research logs, and annotated bibliographies, so that we practice fine-tuning our voices to fit the goals of each assignment.

So, as you can tell, we'll be doing a lot of writing together. It is my hope that by working at it together, we'll uncover the great fun of the process along the way.


Source of Comic: Cham, Jorge. "Net Effect of a Vacation on Work Productivity." Piled Higher & Deeper, 10 Jan 2011. Web. 15 Jan 2011.