It seems that a switch has flipped.
I began to scroll through to see what other words had been abandoned and discovered that, in four years of blogging, I only have five unfinished blog posts. Each with just one line. Each just about to become ridiculous, no doubt.
[Insert transition here. i.e. There is no time for me to
think up a transition]
It's the morning I forget my book. The morning my
music player dies.
The weather here in the northeast is just right.
I consider myself a fairly calm person.
Maybe it's vain to wonder where I was going with each of these but I do wonder. Sounds like they were about to become rants or melancholy reflections (And I've never posted a melancholy reflection before. No Sir. Never.) I do tend to stop myself from rants (though a few have crept in over the years.)
Do you stop yourself from writing certain blog posts? Any drafts you'd like to share here?
I stop myself from blogging about certain frustrations of the teaching profession -- because I don't want to get fired. ;D
ReplyDeleteI read about a woman who was fired because she referred to her high school students as "germbags" on Facebook after catching the flu from them.
Ill-advised? Certainly. A fire-able offense? Seems like an over-reaction to me. But that's the way it is right now.
I have stopped myself writing so many blog posts, before I have even written a line. Your unpublished lines are certainly thought provoking.
ReplyDeleteAwesome idea for a post! I checked my drafts and found six drafts.
ReplyDeleteHere's one:
Three out of four of my sons have played baseball since the age of 6. (Our 5 yr old will start next year. He can't wait! :D ) <--- I was going to do a post about adults attitudes...poor vs. positive sportsmanship... when it comes to little league, and relate it to the writing world, but have no clue why I never finished it. :/
Thanks for this great post!
I do the same!! The difference is I usually only get a title down, most recent one:
ReplyDelete"The Sound of Sunshine" -- I know it was meant to reflect on the MIchael Franti + Spearhead concert, but I somehow never managed to get it down and the moment passed me by. Sigh.