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Audience
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Apr 27, 2006
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Sometimes I don't write anything on my website for a little while because I get a form of writer's block. My general idea behind this site is that I'll stop writing when I have nothing more to say. But I have more to say. Lots more. I have an opinion about everything. Obviously even stupid things. So where does this writer's block come in? It happens when I think about who my audience is. Since I personally know the 4-5 people who regularly read this site, I sometimes feel the need to write things they might agree with or be interested in. It's not that I'm changing my ideas so they fit in with my "audience". It's more like I hold back on writing about everything that's on my mind. This can be a good thing, obviously, because I have some pretty radical beliefs and ideas. But it can also be a bad thing because I'm not writing what I really want to write. And it's not all offensive, racist stuff. Some of it is Christian. Some of it is uber-technical. And these are the kinds of things that I think twice about writing because I have my "audience" in mind.
That's just plain dumb. This website isn't about my "audience" (I keep using quotes because having an audience makes it sound like I'm important, and I'm not). It's about me. If you don't like what I have to say, stop reading. Or get your own website. I'm an opinionist, and this site is a collection of my thoughts, feelings, opinions, ideas, beliefs, rants, raves, and anything else I can think of, written about every topic under the sun. Why should I hold something back because I think it'll bore people? Why should I filter my ideas so that only the "best and most agreeable" come out?
I shouldn't, so I won't. I'm going back to writing for the sake of writing. Be prepared for some more geeky-ness and mediocrity. #psychology
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