On Writing, Tweeting, and Instagramming

Writing is very hard work.  If you want to write well, so that others are interested in what you have to say, it's time and energy-consuming.

For some who are gifted in writing, asking them to stop writing would be like asking them to not breathe ever again.  They have creativity flowing out of their brains and their pours.  Even for them, I've been told, writing is difficult, and they sometimes get writer's block.

Writing does not come easy for me, but updating a Facebook status or tweeting just doesn't appeal to me.  I'd rather try to take time to write something meaningful, or at least helpful or amusing, to a close friend, or to my children, than to write on trivial things to hundreds of people.