I’m tired of reading my own writing about the mundane details of sleep and poopy diapers, especially since there are so many great blogs out there that do it better than I do it here. I have no desire to piggyback on a genre–I’d rather contribute.
To that end I’m going to try a more essayistic approach. I love Better Make It a Double and Crunchy Granola for their thoughtful reflections, and I’d like to see if I can pull something similar off.
I’d like to write one well-crafted essay a week. I’m sure there will be lots about parenting but hopefully I can make something of it, which was always my intention…somehow I got lost in writing about stuff better suited to the boards of pregnancy.org.
I’m in the thick of reading about modernism so I don’t have any topics in mind at present, except maybe thinking about my 30s and how I’d like to stop angsting and just start DOING for once, for goodness’ sake.
Oooh. Nice new theme! Good luck with the essaying…
I’ve never really had a format, and my goals have changed too (and I only restarted because my comments were getting rudely long). I’ve considered something like a steady once a week, and thought of maybe contributing to a multi-writer once a week instead, because I too wonder how many times I can post about the po-po.
As you know, 30 was all about more doing/less angsting for me. But then came 31 and . . .
Good luck!
I love the new look! And I’m blushing about the kind comment.
Do you ever read Garden of Nna Moy? Andrea started a practice she called Monday Missions, where she announced a format for a post (like writing a post in the form of a user manual). See her category archives: http://tinyurl.com/35apju for the set of posts. I never participated, but it did get me thinking about the ways we can play with genre as bloggers.
Enjoy essaying.