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\"\"<\/a>I’m not sure why other people write, but I write to learn. Writing, for me, is an attempt to put some order to all those ideas and thoughts bouncing around in my head. They are like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle that come together through the process of writing. Sometimes, it seems I don’t really know what I think about something until I write it. Even then, it’s often more of a\u00a0hypothesis.<\/p>\n

Nor do I don’t think my ideas are so brilliant that everybody needs to learn them. I am just one of those people that thinks best on paper — or through a keyboard. Sometimes, although a set of\u00a0ideas sound good in my head, when I type them out they look rather foolish.<\/p>\n

So why do I post these idea on a blog? Because even though it might make sense to me, I want to bounce these ideas off you. Though it might make sense to me, if it sounds like gibberish to you, or you can show me where I am wrong, I might change my views.<\/p>\n

That is part of why I write. Why do you write? And have I said anything foolish recently that you want to point out?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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