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I wanted to get better at writing this year, I’m not too sure that I have gotten much better, or that I was any good at it to begin with.

I have heard the best way to get better at a thing is to do it, and do it again, and again, and again. So that’s what I did. Since we have started this blog, I have made it a point to try to post once a day. I figured as long as I had produced something, it was a success for me, and by that measure I have been quite successful.

I have posted for over fifty days contiguously! While this may seem like a meager number for veteran bloggers, it means a lot to me. I had initial expectations of struggle within 2 weeks, but that didn’t happen. Here are some things I learned in posting everyday;

1. I can almost always find something to write about! This was a huge mental roadblock for me in the beginning, ‘How the hell do I write something that someone else wants to read every single day?’ I thought to myself. That’s just it, I write for myself. I take the things I find interesting and write about them, this could be something that happened in that past, a current event, an unknown fact/story, history of the area I’m in, my travels, fiction, etc. Even today, as I almost miss my daily post deadline, I haven’t run out of things to post about, but instead have to decide what thing I have time to write about today!
2. I actually enjoy fiction – I hadn’t written fiction since I was a young kid. I honestly haven’t read much fiction either until recently. Attempting to write fiction has truly helped my writing experience in a way I never expected. Writing fiction has allowed me to be creative, fun, and explorative in ways I hadn’t been able to do in writings for my work/school previously. It also has affected how I write other thing, especially product reviews and satire. Lastly, writing fiction has awakened this need to devour fictional novels. My most recent favorite is the Painted Veil
3. I get to learn something new every week – if not daily- when writing – Various sections of my blogs (such as technology/cybersecurity, history, and even some of the Sci-fi) takes at least some level of research, which may seem like a drag, but it’s actually really fun. Sometimes, it’s not always what I would expect either, for one historical fiction I was writing (The Manhunt Series) I had to research what the penitentiary looked like, the timeline of the event, the language/slang they used, how railroads operated in the early 1900’s, and much more. With every single part in that series, I learned something new and became more fascinated with the writing I was doing. I think personally, this is what keeps me coming back to writing, it’s an excuse to learn and express those thoughts to others in an entertaining or tangible way.

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