NO END-OF-YEAR LISTS, NOT EVER
Why have I been writing game reviews on my blog? Because I need to kickstart the writing process somehow. I need to make the little cursor go across the screen sometimes, and to make the clickety-click noise with the keyboard sometimes, because otherwise I feel rubbish.
I joined a book group this year. It’s not what I was expecting; on my second visit I got invited to Hooters. It’s also not a very focused book group – one of the participants often spends time trying to throw things into the cleavage of the woman who organises it. But it’s pretty much my only chance to get conversations outside of my family unit.
So the reviews are just a way of starting to get some mental stimulation going before I write something else. I wrote a NaNoWriMo book this year, which took a fair amount of dedication, and I’m really not very happy with it. I think the format of NaNoWriMo stopped me from really exploring the things that I would want to get better at with writing, and instead caused me to focus on the things that I can just produce in bulk. In terms of getting better at writing, it was a failure. In terms of getting something like a book under my belt, it was a success.
But that’s why I don’t want to do an end-of-year list. I see a lot of blogs doing them, and I don’t think they have a great amount of interest. Perhaps if people really like music, or they are blogging about a particular topic, then the list format could be used to recap what just went before. But I’m not interested in that, and that means that I’ll never kickstart writing my crapping out a list of top tunes here. I still have a few games to write about.
Also, if I write anything more interesting, I run the risk of catching my parents reading it when I walk into the living room. Hi Mum, hi Dad! *Waves*.
