My humble little readership might have noticed that my posting has gotten a bit sporadic as of late, with a bit of a resurgence just recently. There are a lot of reasons behind this – some personal, some professional, but perhaps the most significant of these is the fact that I’ve been looking for my “voice” again when it comes to writing.
When I started this blog – actually, when anyone starts a blog in which they tend to write regularly, voice is probably the most important thing that needed to be established. I wanted to be a sunny voice, optimistic, and bright. At first I sought to be sarcastically optimistic, being extremely happy even in the face of the worst circumstances, such as an 18-hour raid or the fact that someone was being sued for wrongful theft of intellectual property. Then I thought that I needed to be taken a bit more seirously, so I wrote serious articles and left the sarcastic stuff to a single day a week.
Now? It’s a bit tough to tell. Thing is, with any voice that you try to have on a blog, you want to make sure it feels right – that it feels natural. While I’m a natural optimist and an idealist, the times I’d write something or talk about something sometimes felt forced, even though they were well written. I left the conversational tone at home in factor of a written word that was well-conveyed, but didn’t show my personality quite as much.
In the coming days and weeks, I hope you’ll forgive me as I try to find a comfort zone for my voice at Overly Positive that will convey the purpose of the blog, and retain some semblance of my own self as well. It might be a more casual voice, that lacks a bit of the polish of my previous pieces, but I think it’ll even out, become something that I’m truly comfortable writing in. Time will tell.
I just talk and write about whatever concerns me at the time. I'm not a creative enough of a writer to do much else. I personally try to leave the drama out of what I write, because that's me, I think I can get through life a little happier without it.
my two cents =D
Do your ting Frank. Overly positive isn't Always positive. Don't overthink it. Be real and get back to posting!
You've got a loyal reader here bud. Take your time, get your thoughts together and come back stronger than ever. I've enjoyed your writing whether it be sarcastic, serious, or somewhere in between. You'll find that voice again, you're a great writer.
I find when I'm in a creative slump, I just talk about my penis, and put up some hot chicks pics. It seems to get me by, until I got something to say. Feel free to use that if you want
Seriously though, I've been following you for awhile, and I'm not deserting you yet. So find your voice, and just keep at it. Keep writing. Cause someone famous once said, "A writer writes"