User poll

[vaneramos]

At times I get exasperated because, after six months, my journal feels too unfocused and I don't know what I want to post. It was originally intended for posting poetry, but once I got to know LJ, it became much more. The biggest development of all has been my renewed interest in photography. Ironically, the thing I feel most uncomfortable about posting is day to day events in my journal. Of course that's what normal people post, but I was trying to create a space for my creative work. My inner editor doesn't want to share my writing unless there is a point to it. As a result I have been avoiding a lot of personal stuff lately, and now I'm afraid the journal is becoming too impersonal.

I'm not sure that I'm about to change anything, but thought I would ask for input. Of course if you want to make any comments, that would be even more useful than answering the poll.

[Poll #197850]

Comments

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

I like to read the journals of other people who write for themselves, I think it's more interesting.

This seems to be the basic question: who am I doing this for?

My writing for myself is handwritten. The purpose in joining LiveJournal was to find an audience, but it is still for myself, because I know the attention inspires me to do more creative writing. But you're right, the daily meanderings are often the most interesting. I need to think about this.