Writing

I am taking a Language Development class this semester. I don't really enjoy it, but it was one of the few major classes offered at the Salt Lake extension. Today while I was reading my text book, I found an explanation for my hatred of English and writing. It says, "Writing offers a different challenge [than reading]. The writer begins with ideas, morsels of meaning, and must decide which symbols in which combination will best represent those ideas." A-Ha! THAT is my problem. Not only with writing, but with speaking. It feels like I have ideas and images in my head, but have a hard time trying to decide and construct a way that clearly depicts what I am actually thinking. Sometimes I wish I was an artist and could just draw what I "see" mentally instead of trying to find the right words.

Isn't it crazy how much is involved in writing? Forming your ideas and message, considering different word choices, deciding what words to use, constructing sentences with these words, etc... It's crazy how many different ways there are to say one thing, by using different words and combination of words. What's even crazier is that we can do this automatically in a conversation, without effortful thinking or analyzing! Amazing. It is because of this that I am amazed I get myself to blog!

I salute you English majors.