What and Why I Write 

When I first started blogging just over two years ago, I didn’t have a set idea or plan what I wanted my blog to be and I had not ever really done any writing in my life. I really had no idea how to construct a post that would be engaging, interesting and maybe get readers coming back looking for more. 

What I did know was that I was particularly articulate. I’m not a trained journalist or anything vaguely resembling this. I was never going to have a best selling book or win the booker prize for literature. 

What I did know was that if I was going to leave a blog footprint for my children and something that hopefully my children are proud of long after I have gone, then I needed to write from the heart. I wanted to be totally honest, and not hold back any of my feelings and always above all else keep it real. 

I never wanted to appear fake or write something for a reaction and I truly I have never done that. I don’t have the benefit of an english language degree and an unlimited vocabulary, but I have passion about the main topic of my blog which is my wife, children and mum. They are without a doubt so very important to me and I would do anything for them.

This may sound extreme,but I genuinely mean this. I would give my life for any of them if needed. 

It’s interesting that when I read a blog post by anybody I can instantly tell if they have trained in some form of writing and if I’m honest about halfway through I bore of it because it lacks soul. It feels lifeless and just doesn’t feel real, almost like somebody is writing for the person that owns the blog. It begins to read like a newspaper article.

Writing has to to have passion and in my humble opinion that only comes if you are writing from the heart. 

Over the last two years my blog has evolved. I started writing about DIY and parenting, but over a period of time it changed from probably less DIY to more parenting, but also issues that I found interesting, sometimes annoying and quite often irritating. 

The more immersed I became in the blogging world I found some parts of it particularly annoying, and I’ve never been able to keep my mouth shut! I would write about things that I found to be annoying me and I wouldn’t call these posts controversial, but I believe that they possibly divided opinion. That for the record was never my intention.

So nowadays I still extensively write about my family which I always will. I write a smaller amount about DIY, after all how many ways is there to paint a wall, but I write about issues and subjects that interest me and some of the injustices I see online on a regular basis, and of course I have been lucky to write an element of sponsored work. 

After I have written a post I try my best not to mess or edit it too much because what I have written has come from my heart and I don’t want to lose that just for the sake of adding a few words, that, ok, may make it read better or sound better, but I feel it will lose the reality of what I am trying to convey. 

That may be naive of me, but it has to be real otherwise what’s the point? I know you can add keywords and phrases to hopefully engage and increase readership, but I have not got a clue how that works. Hopefully my honesty comes through to engage the reader. 

I would like to think that I haven’t stop writing with passion. I really hope I engage with anybody that reads my blog. I hope they feel the love I have for my family and enjoy reading my posts. I believe my writing has improved and I always do my best to convey as well as I can what I’m trying to say. 

In the new year I will be making some changes to my blog. I’m going to be a millionaire, haha!

 In my dreams!

Seriously though, I am changing things around because I have become more focused and know what direction I want my blog to take and what I want to do with my writing. 
One of the most wonderful things about having a blog is you really don’t need a degree or to be a journalist or best selling author. All you need is a passion for the subject matter of your blog. If you are new to blogging I would say to anybody to have passion, honesty and always keep it real, and believe and have confidence in your writing, and write for yourself first and foremost. After that the rest really is easy. 

I would love to know why you write and what is the biggest driving force for you.