Sunday, March 12, 2006
Hello World!
Oooh! My first blog entry. . .I'm so excited! Let me tell you, I've been a "mind blogger" now for weeks, writing lines and lines of postings in my head, telling stories and lies, trying to get up the nerve to do this. And what is "this," anyway? Well, it's going to be a bit of an experiment. You see, I'd like to tell you stories about things that have happened to me, or maybe explain something that is on my mind.
"Oh yeah?" you say, "Why should I care?" Fair question. Maybe you should, maybe you shouldn't.
Let me explain: I make my living as a technical writer, and believe me, no one who reads technical material does it to be entertained. These individuals are usually in some sort of dire straits with the software they have purchased, and are reading the manual because they couldn't guess their way through a process. I always assume that readers of my technical work are in a really grumpy mood, so I try to deliver information that's straight to the point.
This blog is my chance to play, and that's where the experiment comes in. I'm interested in a writing style called "creative non-fiction," and I'd like to practice using it here. Creative non-fiction is the use of writing techniques that fiction writers use applied to non-fiction topics.
So, my aim is to hopefully entertain you a bit by telling you stories about things that have happened to me, pre or post my move to Sweden. I can't promise to write every day, but when I do, I hope you find it a good read. If not, there's millions of other bloggers out there, all of them with a life in progress, too.
"Oh yeah?" you say, "Why should I care?" Fair question. Maybe you should, maybe you shouldn't.
Let me explain: I make my living as a technical writer, and believe me, no one who reads technical material does it to be entertained. These individuals are usually in some sort of dire straits with the software they have purchased, and are reading the manual because they couldn't guess their way through a process. I always assume that readers of my technical work are in a really grumpy mood, so I try to deliver information that's straight to the point.
This blog is my chance to play, and that's where the experiment comes in. I'm interested in a writing style called "creative non-fiction," and I'd like to practice using it here. Creative non-fiction is the use of writing techniques that fiction writers use applied to non-fiction topics.
So, my aim is to hopefully entertain you a bit by telling you stories about things that have happened to me, pre or post my move to Sweden. I can't promise to write every day, but when I do, I hope you find it a good read. If not, there's millions of other bloggers out there, all of them with a life in progress, too.
# posted by Karen @ 12:56 PM 
