Blogging

It is 5:00 a.m. Hawaiian Standard Time. I am not usually awake this early, but the moon is full and I will be going out for a run within the hour. Posting this now would be up to date for the rest of the day since we are few or more hours behind the rest of the world. Maybe some days it will be later; and depending on my schedule, it might be daily, or maybe weekly.

That is how writing goes. I encourage my classes to write every day. This writing time does not have to focus on the particular project that you are seriously working on. It can be time devoted to a blog, such as this, or your journal. Jotting down a shopping list is also writing. Organize the articles in proximity of where they are, such as the market, hardware store, or cosmetic counter. Then map out the shortest route to take in order to save time and gas. This mapped shopping list also frees your mind while driving.

It sounds anal, but this is a marvelous way to organize your thoughts…as in writing an essay or book. Organization enables the writer to group thoughts together for paragraphs or chapters. Like the shopping trip , organization is a map of ideas-where to go and what to do.