I am learning how to write

I said it before in my old post that I am learning how to write and one of the ways is by reading other people's blogs - people whom I think are good writers and whose articles I enjoy reading. I know when I said people, some of you might think (or I myself hope) that I read a lot of people's blogs...well, I wish I have time to do that but in fact, when I said people, it's actually 2 persons (yes, only two blogs), specifically blogs by the name of tangobaby & dee idea.

By reading their blogs (can I say reading their blogs? or should I say reading the articles on their blogs?, anyway you know what i mean), I was hoping I can learn one or two writing skills...but the truth is I spent more time reading their articles than writing, and sometimes, like now for instance, after reading Dee's blog, I felt like giving up on this writing idea because there is no way I can be as good as these people (not in the near future at least) and that means there will be a long time before someone will actually read what I've written. More, Dee also said that she dislikes type of blog that are in diary form and I agree 100%...telling people what you're doing each day as if your life is interesting is just other way to brag about yourself. And I feel that's what I've been doing - I am writing more about myself & my life than anything else and who would want to read that. Do I want to read it after I post what I've written? Maybe once just to see the result, but not more than that.

But then, as I was writing the previous sentences, I went back and read tangobaby's blog and hers is also a diary type of blog but how can it be so interesting, smart, refreshing, funny, original and creative all at the same time - far from boring or bragging. So, I conclude that it is not the type of blog that makes it boring or bad, it's the content and the skill of telling the story (of your life) that makes it good & interesting. (I realized my conclusion is so obvious (duh...) but the funny thing is until you find the conclusion yourself, it's not a conclusion, it's only a theory - at least that's how it feels).

I think that's why I chose to learn from these 2 blogs - Dee with her skill in writing fiction books in Indonesian, a language that I think is even harder to write (well) with than my second language (English) and Tangobaby with her skills in representing everyday life as art, full of interesting and new stuff.

Anyway, I still don't know the direction of what style my blog is going to be, but I do know that I like this writing idea. I like how it makes me feel when I finished writing it, published it to the world, and finally re-read it.

No matter how hard it is...(no, actually, knowing that it is hard), makes me want to do it better. Meanwhile, I need to learn many many more words from dictionary if I want to improve my writing skill, because I realize my vocabulary is so limited, and more sadly this limitation is in both languages I supposedly familiar with (Indonesian and English).