Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Writing Again

I admit I am not a good writer, that is why I have to write more. Language fascinates me. Sometimes we have ideas and concepts in our mind that seem to be ineffable, only because we lack the vocabulary and language skills to express ourselves. In fact I believe many brilliant ideas can be conveyed in words, even more, the same concept can be described in various ways through words.

I think I have to write regularly to learn the vocabulary that I come across daily. I have been keeping a list of new words I see every day, but as the list gets longer, the new words that I learned have replaced the old ones that I used to know. In other words, my repertoire did not expand but had been constantly overwritten. Learning vocabulary is like learning a song. You have to sing it to know it, right?

I do not like my writing style either because my expression lacks terseness. When people explain an idea in ten words, I usually have to use twice as many words to achieve the same goal. Sometimes I wonder if I am dyslexic...

Anyway, here I am writing about frivolity again! Thanks for reading this!