It’s the first Wednesday of the month and that means it’s time for the Insecure Writer’s Support Group (#IWSG) post. I forgot about it altogether until I saw another blogger post their #IWSG post.
This past month, I’ve not been writing much. I published only nine blog posts here and overall haven’t been very active in writing on the Internet at all. I did try out several new writing apps, but none suited me. Maybe that’s because I’d still have to actually have something to write on.
This month’s optional question for the #IWSG post is about your favorite genre to read and write. The question is probably mostly geard towards fiction writers, but I don’t care. I’m going to answer it anyway.
With regards to reading, the genre I read most often is memoir. However, the genre I enjoy most reading is young adult, specifically novels about social issues. I rarely read fiction geared towards older adults, though I’ve come to read it some more recently. In general, the topics I most like to read about are legal and medical issues.
With respect to writing, well, I hardly write fiction anymore, if at all. I would love to try my hand at poetry again soon, but am finding it hard to know where to start. I mean, poetry when I was a teen used to be just a story with random line breaks inserted, but that’s not what it is.
My favorite genre to write in, hence, is memoir. On this blog, I most enjoy writing the personal reflections. Particularly though, the letters I’ve written to myself have been the most interesting to write. It’s sad that my personal reflections are not among the most popular posts on my blog.
We’ve read quite a few memoirs too, they are usually quite insightful.
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Question was for everybody as you’re not the only non-fiction writer who answered. What you read is interesting, but I bet you are learning a lot doing so.
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Oh wow I love the name of this group! Thanks for helping me find you! My favourite genre is memoir too — hence, I think, part of the reason the insecurity. :)) It’s hard putting the truth out there, sometimes seemingly into the void. Until nice folks like you come along and shed some like/light. :)) That makes it more cbeerful. I love the WP community. So far it’s my least anxious place to publish.
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I agree. The WordPress community is really nice. I’ve had one blog/online diary or another ever since 2002 and tried various other platforms, but always return to WP. By the way, #IWSG is mostly populated by Blogger users, but the community is kind too.
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Wow you’ve been blogging a very very long time! That’s amazing. Good to know about #IWSG. I will check it out. Thanks again xo
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