I have to be honest, especially after reading Loreena’s blog recently Finding My Voice Through Blogging, You Can Do it Too, I too never thought of myself as a good writer and English is not my second language. Growing up, I hated to write.  When it came to essays and book reports, I loathed the moment I would have to sit down and put pen to paper or word perfect to the computer screen.  I would spend hours on the couch freaking out about having to write and that sure never helped my writer’s block.  My mom would spend hours helping me get it all down.  But that perfectionist side of me always led to serious procrastination.

It didn’t seem to get easier for me in College either.  But there was mom (always nice to have someone who believes in you), still by my side helping me think things through so I could express them on paper in a coherent manner.  And the reality I discovered, as I got older and took journalism/marketing courses at Humboldt State University and started writing press releases for KHUM, KSLG and KWPT radio, was that it’s almost impossible to go through life never having to write about anything.

Then came Active Rain and the world of blogging.  I have to admit initially I wasn’t too sure I would be able to clearly get my point across to all of you.  But I started blogging and my first few blogs weren’t that great…ok, but not great.  And after a while what I found was as I wrote each new blog, I was able to think a little bit more clearly and express my thoughts in a coherent and (surprising to me) interesting way.

And now, I not only enjoy writing, I truly look forward to writing and sharing my stories with all of you.  So thank you Active Rain, (and all who have supported my blogging efforts by leaving a comment from time to time), for giving me a vehicle to share my experiences and my knowledge, to give me a place to improve on my communication skills and allowing me to shine through one blog at a time.

So if this story sounds familiar…practice may not always make perfect, but it does contribute to noticeable improvement and achievement.  So don’t worry about how perfect of a writer/blogger you need to be.  Just think about what you’re going to write about next and post it.

Copyright 2008 Jessica Bigger.  All Rights Reserved. *I Always Believed I was a Terrible Writer – Until Active Rain Showed Me the Way!*

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