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Friday, September 19, 2003
there is a difference between obligatory writing and spontaneous writing. your intuition would tell you that the latter is much more welcome than the former. well, i think there is no escape to us writing both, but given a choice, i would almost always pick spontaneous writing.
yet, the intellectuals would argue that an ideal will only be reached if you maintain a balance between things, and this case here is no exception. you almost always do obligatory writing when it comes to school or academic work, and then you cannot deny that it is essential to do them as you need to hone or shapen your writing skills in a particular area.
of course that is not to say that spontaneous writing should be neglected. in fact, i believe that many of the good books that you see now came from an author who was experimenting with spontaneous writing. well, back to my spontaneous writing.
yet, the intellectuals would argue that an ideal will only be reached if you maintain a balance between things, and this case here is no exception. you almost always do obligatory writing when it comes to school or academic work, and then you cannot deny that it is essential to do them as you need to hone or shapen your writing skills in a particular area.
of course that is not to say that spontaneous writing should be neglected. in fact, i believe that many of the good books that you see now came from an author who was experimenting with spontaneous writing. well, back to my spontaneous writing.
