Ever since I can remember, I have found difficulty in writing what I have wanted to say. I had no problem talking, but as soon as I was asked to write... eekk!!!
Just recently, I had to make the decision to just get over it and start writing. I love to talk so I have just decided to write the way that I speak. It made more sense to me as before I was conscious of what I was 'trying' to create. I would get bogged down in the technique and how I thought it should sound rather than just letting it flow...what was I worried about?
Josef Essberger www.englishclub.com/esl-article says " when we learn our own (native) language, learning to speak comes before learning to write. In fact, we learn to speak almost automatically. It is natural. But somebody must teach us to write. It is not natural. In one sense, speaking is the "real" language and writing is only a representation of speaking. However, for centuries, people have regarded writing as superior to speaking. It has a higher "status". This is perhaps because in the past almost everybody could speak but only a few people could write."
Times are a changing and technology is changing the way that we are communicating.
