If you want to start a BLOG or OD - read this first
Wednesday, April 26th, 20061. If you have nothing better to do, watch a movie, sing a song, go shopping or go shit. Never try to write something just to entertain yourself. Similiarly, people go elsewhere to get themselves entertained. Therefore, if you decide to write something, inspire. Do not be a clown.
2. The world has enough bad news to start with. 99% of the main paper are bad news. Suicide bombers. Increasing temperature. Declining service quality. Do humans a favour. If you have to write something, make sure it’s for the good of mankind. Stop terrorising the world with your stories and stressing everyone when they do not even know you in the first place.
3. Be responsible for your words. What you pen down is in black and white. And can transmit to the other end of the world faster than you think. Do not be alarmed if you see a pig head at your door in the morning.
4. If you are really talented, go write a fiction book, and get a book published. At least you earn something for you talent, or get a literature prize. At least people know what you are writing, are they true (biography?) or not (fiction, sci fic, fantasy?). Save people the trouble of guessing half the time what you claim is true.
5. If you really need privacy, invest in a nice diary. Burn it, bury it or give it to someone you trust when you die. It’s useless to have an ID to sign in to read if it is meant to be a diary. Stop making your loyal readers wait for your return when you decide never to write again.
6. Be realistic. People only are interested in your life because it is full of bad news. Or if you are lucky, your stories are super inspiring. No one wants to read if you marry and live happily ever after.
7. If you need friends, go out and meet them. Only people with no friends hide in their room to type the whole day, and only people who read everyday have no social life.
For your information, I do not type everyday and I do not terrorise the world with my stories. I write because I feel there is a need to, and I have friends who got inspired by what I wrote. I have plans to publish a book - just have not decided if it should be facts or fantasy.