As I search back through the annals of my blog writing, my cannon, I’ve noticed several notes regarding use of words that begin with ‘i’ and ‘t’ to start entries and paragraphs. This has been a concern of mine for quite a while. Why the perpetual use of ‘the’, ‘its’, ‘then’, ‘I’, etc. when there are a myriad of other words to start sentences? It’s a confusing situation to be in. Something that probably doesn’t require all that much uncovering but interests me none-the-less.
Another issue would be the idea of naming entries after the entry has been written. This isn’t so much an issue as a challenge. I’ve always enjoyed the idea of shaping a title; narrowly averting using any real, direct correlation to the subject matter of the entry. Skimming subjects to alert the reader to a focal point, perhaps. It’s something that I see as a way of redirecting the reader’s eyes. The idea of pointing the direction I want the reader to look instead of simply being confusing (creating a title that has nothing to do with anything written beneath) or directly connected (more common). Anyway, I’ve decided to try writing the title first and compiling the entry around that title. No loosely based direction or misdirection. Not to mention this will force me to stick to a singular subject instead of tangentializing and hopefully getting the point I was initially trying to make.
The title I would have used if I had written it after I finished the entry: Like naming children
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