HAWMC Day 15: My Writing Style

Today, I'm talking about my writing process. How do my blog posts get from my head onto the internet? Well, most of the work comes before I actually sit down to write a post. I sometimes spend insane amounts of time thinking about a blog post before it actually ends up here for you all to read. The most recent example of this has been my Why I Named My Colon post. That one had been rolling around in my head since sometime in February. I'm not exactly sure why it took so long to actually write down. I think because it's such a funny thing to talk about, naming an organ, and yet it really had such a profound impact on my life. I wanted to make sure I was talking about it in a way that underscored the importance of this ultimately pretty silly thing that I did.

Other times, the reason it takes me so long is because I want to make absolutely sure I'm coming at the subject in the right way. This was the case with my post about pep talks. That post could have so easily been an accusation. "Why do you say these things?! I hate that! Stop it now!!" Not only is that completely off putting and unhelpful, it was not what I wanted to say at all. Part of talking about Crohn's is learning how to speak about the experience effectively, and I would never want to attack someone for trying to broach the subject. I may try to figure out a way to reframe some of their comments so that a more constructive conversation can take place, but no one wins if we just shut people down every time they say something we don't particularly care for.
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