I am proud of the fact that I have never started off a post with any variant of the words;
I don’t really have much to say…
Whenever I am scrolling down the WordPress blog rolls of ‘humor, ‘writing’, or ‘art’, as I tend to do, just looking for something interesting, I always stumble on posts which begin with the author telling us that they have nothing interesting or important to say. I find this honesty touching.
Often these posts end up being charming, funny, or thought-provoking, despite beginning with what would seem a warning to the contrary.
When you first begin a blog here on WordPress, there is a little instructional paragraph. In it, they caution new bloggers to be sure that they are going to be able generate enough content. In other words; If you don’t have very much to say, maybe you don’t really need a blog. Maybe Twitter is more your style.
Or maybe I am looking at this the wrong way. It wouldn’t be the first time that has happened. Maybe some people start off by saying that they have nothing to say as a challenge to themselves. Maybe this is how some of you get those creative juices flowing.
As I read back over this post, just checking for poorly constructed sentences, it occurs to me that perhaps I didn’t really have that much to say in this particular case. Which strikes me as a rather amusing irony.
So, never mind. Just forget I didn’t say anything.
Pouring My Art Out 
We all make mistakes. Look at me, not telling you to go away right now. That was my mistake. Now I feel guilty if I tell you to scram.
You should feel guilty for even thinking it…
I usually have a topic in mind but quite often it morphs into something else..what I love about bloging is that are no rules..well not for me anyway:)
Oh… did you not get a copy of the rules? Because there are rules…
Well, you KNOW I hang on your every word, don’t you?
I do know that… and I do love that… which is why I never start by telling you I have nothing for you to hang on to… you might fall into the abyss…
where was my instructional paragraph……i get off on being spoken down to…..it’s amazing what some people will read though, and ‘like’; i wrote a hundred word post once that was essentially counting down from one hundred…..shocking
That is like cutting edge performance art. You are working on a different plane than the rest of us.
i’ll catch up one day i’m sure
Ha! Very funny. Very droll. Very you…
i thought maybe too far…?
Very Ironic indeed….
And thus is the answer perceived….
I don’t think I ever actually have anything to say. I should just give up, right? 😉
You read what other people think they have to say, and then tell us how wrong they said it. You serve a valuable social function… and crack me up…
Sometimes the best stuff, at least for me, comes from a place where I think I have nothing special to tell and then my mind wanders to special places 😀
My mind wanders to scary places… but trust me, very little of my blog is thought out in any way shape or form!
Dear pmao,
I never know what I’m going to say until I sit down to write a post. Pictures and videos come in handy when I’m stuck and if I’m REALLY blocked and nothing happens at all, I go and make a whole new blog. 🙂
Love Dotty xxx
You must be smarter than me…
I think if someone started an entry out with, “Wow, I have a lot to say…,” nobody would read it. Unless, maybe, it was under 500 words and had some fun pictures.
That is a really good point. Although I follow at least two guys who do a thousand words at the very least for each post. I can’t believe I have to start thinking about this all over again… sigh.
Look at you!
What? I am writing… sort of…
And I am reading, positively.