SCENE opens on a muggy Friday morning in June. Two people, Shmee and Lobby, sit down at their respective desks, spanning many exits of I465 away, and stare at their computer monitors. Shmee opens her email and types the following to Lobby:
I know my post was stupid, but you can SUCK IT with your saltines.
When I go to your blog I don’t expect to read Judy Blume.
Judy Blume is DA BOMB! I don’t think you mean her. Have you ever read SUPERFUDGE? Magnificent.
But, I know. I got it. duh.
Freedom of expression, dude.
Somebody needs to push you... and the freedom of expression guarantees that the government won’t interfere with your right to express yourself. I am pretty sure that has nothing to do with me teasing you about a blog.
Why don’t you be my topic generator then? Tell me what to write about today.
It isn’t WHAT you write about…the best moments of the day are usually unplanned, right? My philosophy has always been if you don’t have something to write about…don’t write. I know you are trying to write something every day, but don’t force it. A pitcher in baseball gets in trouble when he starts to aim his pitches instead of “throwing”….this isn’t checkers…its chess. It’s not supposed to come easy.
Write about when people order something at a restaurant and then ask them to replace everything on the menu with something else. I mean…go to different restaurant. You aren’t Pat Riley…what’s up with the constant substitutions?
I agree and disagree.
I think that act of writing is a good exercise. It gets creative juices flowing. Usually if I start writing about one thing, it ends up being another. It’s just good to have a starting point.
Obviously, I shouldn’t take your advice, Mr. three blogs in three years.
ZING.
Three words: industry of cool.
If all you want to do is write then I suggest some speed and cough syrup.
How many books did JD Salinger write? I don’t know the answer…but I remember one…and I’m pretty sure the fact that he wrote or didn’t write anything else is irrelevant.
Oh geeez.
I am not talking about publishing crap, I am writing on a freaking blog.
I am just exercising my muscle. And I am making myself accountable. But, I knew I would get backlash for that one (especially from you) and I don’t care. I knew it would happen. But, at least you commented, and as a marketer that means that my blog is engaging (whether good or bad). But, I am glad you made fun of me, because I know I deserved it.
I wasn’t making fun of you. I was just making a joke because I knew (hopefully) you would laugh. Just publish our email conversation as a blog. That would prove my point…and probably be entertaining.
Good idea.
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I have to agree with Schmee about something here... One of the 17,000 majors I've had was english (which clearly makes me an expert), and all my comp. professors would say that even if you're not "inspired" or have thought of something particularly interesting to write about, it's more important that you just sit down and write. Write something. Write a lot. That's why we always had writing exercises in class- to exercise the muscle & get the creative juices flowing. So I think Schmee has some good points here...sorry Lobby.
The producer's of "Friends" decided to "just write" after that show ended and we got "Joey".
George Lucas decided to "just write" when he should have been fishing or something and we got Indiana Jones IV.
Jesus decided to "just write" after he finished the Bible, and we got The DaVinci Code.
Game. Set. Match.
ahh, but if Lucas stops after graffiti, we don't have IJ 1,2, or 3. If Salinger stops after "A perfect day for bananafish", we don't get Catcher in the Rye. And, Jesus never wrote anything.
Lobby, I think you are missing my point. I am just talking about writing to write, not specifically about publishing something, or creating a horrible sitcom for that matter. It's not like I send my blogs to Random House.
By the way, who is this Anonymous??
By the way, way, Jake thought that the beach blog was "copied" from somewhere else. That is funny.
Identify yourself soldier. The point isn't that you write just one thing...the point is you write something when you have something worth writing.
You can hide your name from me...but not from Jesus.
And Bri...you ARE publishing something. Just as i LITERALLY have to click "Publish Your Comment" to make this comment, you are publishing each post to the world. More people have access to what you just wrote than ever had access to Tom Sawyer in its day.
Its your blog and you can do what you want....obviously...but I am just offering my $0.02
Bri I don't care what you write as long as you give me something to do at work that isn't actually in my job description. It's LITERALLY not my job to read your blog.
it's not my job either, but i love it. and i love that you have 6 comments today... moral of the story - write (or 'publish') as much as possible - your audience gets excited.
I have become intrigued to the thought that we only have so many words that we can speak in our lifetime. So writing just write should save on those words. Although I dislike reading but yet I read your post (which by the way is published whether you like it or not) so I guess it wasn't that bad.
write to evoke pain.
Write to celebrate.
Write to grieve.
Write to unleash.
Write to create chaos.
Write to share joy.
Write to write.
Umm, so Robby doesn't update his blog since January and he gets to stay on the 'surfin the net' list and mine gets the boot?
This just ook me back about 10 years to my dinner table where such conversations took place. Love it!
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