For the past couple of days, this friend of mine had been posting ‘heavy’ writings on his blog. Now, him, writing things like this, it isn’t a surprise at all. He’s open-minded and not afraid to let the world know what he thinks about certain things. But for him to have this sudden burst of creativity and write article after article of serious issues is new. Of course, his writing aren’t fluff, and they’re not some desperate attempt to rake in more hits. He’s not a ‘blog-whore’, as he so eloquently put it. His motto is writing to express, not to impress. Something that comes through in each of his posts. He has a very fresh, no-nonsense style with spatterings of dark humour thrown in, a style that I very much enjoy. When I started blogging way back when, I enjoyed writings of this nature, not just by him, but by many others. They seem to have this carefree sense in them, as if the words just flow out of them. My amateurish efforts are nothing compared to the sense of style that they have.

I had a chat with him yesterday. He messaged me out of the blue, giving me a link to something that interests the both of us. Then it turned to a somewhat serious discussion, where he expressed his worries at the direction his writings were taking. He worries that his readers might perceive his recent postings to be attempts to rake in more pings, and they might come to expect the same kind of tone from him in his future posts.

Well, this is where the dilemma is. In my blog, I write only things that really matter to me. That also explains the reason why I don’t update as often as other blogs. I would write something that, in the end, turns out to be nothing more than fluff. I’m aware that I have readers visiting my blog, and that some of them are regulars who enjoy my writings. As much as I write to express my thoughts and emotions, I’m also aware that writing about the same thing over and over again makes it redundant. The impact that it has on me will be lessened by its repetition. And my readers’ time would be wasted. Which is one of the reasons why people blog in the first place. If they wanted privacy, they would use services like Teen Open Diary or something. You blog because you want people to read it, to know your innermost thoughts and your opinions, and to respond to it.

I only post writings that I’m truly satisfied with. While I’m sorry for not writing often, I’m not sorry for the quality of the writings that I DO upload. I want my readers to be as satisfied with what they read as I was when I finished writing it. And that is what I think. You write what you feel, nothing more and nothing less. If the readers resonate with it, then, hey, all the more better. If they don’t, well, life goes on. But a blog remains first and foremost a place where you put down a piece of your mind into words. And no-one should expect anything more than that.

Well, that’s what I think, anyways.