Last night I tried to clean out my Inbox and Sent Items since one was hovering around 750 and the other was in the 400s. This doesn’t include the many folders I’ve made up for stuff I need to keep. As I started through them, deleting most, filing many, I realized that the more personal ones seemed to be grouping themselves into writers and non-writers. In those terms I’m referencing more the folk who obviously enjoy writing and do it well, versus the occasional writer who doesn’t really enjoy the process, simply giving a transfer of information rather than thinking of entertaining. There is a storylike quality in the correspondence of the writing-lover-writers, an abundance of back and forth conversation, and overall, the e-mails despite the message are enjoyable, well-written, and inviting of response.
Every now and then the question arises of writers using weblogs. Some say blogging takes away from real writing. Some say it serves to improve the process as reading and writing can do.
I’m sure there’s no best or bad way to write as all writers are different so no one perfect plan will ever be the answer. Personally, I choose writing as my main means of communication, real or made up. In paying the 1st of the month bills, maybe I’ll include a little note…
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Ah, the charming note to the electric company. Now who doesn’t love breaking out the monogrammed note cards for those?!
I’ve been know to scribble exclamatory phrases on bills, nothing derogatory, usually something eloquent centering around the word “outrageous.”