Owen's Writing Week 1

Increasingly it has been suggested that I get my name as a writer out to the public. Ideas of what I could showcase have varied from person to person, but ultimately it came down to my desire to highlight my writing ability as it has evolved since the begining, through my decision to major in Creative Writing at Knox College, my eventual graduation, and any further works from now until whenever.

My initial goal for this blog is to update it once a week. Early in the blog's life these updates will largely revolve around my own works, things that were written while attending Knox. As the life of the blog evolves I expect to expand into other ventures, like book and movie reviews. With each of these updates there will likely be one or two expository posts (before and/or after the week's actual post) that will give you, the reader, a bit of insight regarding where my mind was when I wrote the piece as well as my reactions to them now.

I will be frank. Many of the posts, especially early, will consist mainly of works that I consider un-publishable. It must be said, though, that I don't necessarily believe 'un-publishable' means 'bad'. I will admit that some of these works were put aside in the middle of edits and, as such, are probably riddled with grammatical errors, but that doesn't mean they never had promise. Simply put, for reasons that changed from piece to piece, there were subject or concept issues that I was either not ready to tackle or felt weren't worth the time invested.

With that in mind I will begin with this week's, and the first of many, 'Owen's Writing' blog entries.