Enough people have encouraged me to start a blog, so I've decided to go for it. I used to think that writing a blog was like writing a diary that you wanted everyone else to read but now I'm not so sure. I'm expecting few, if any readers, but writing for others to read isn't the purpose of this. After graduating university with the vague degree of English and Divinity, I have to figure out what I want to do in life. With the not-too-thrilling part-time job in B&Q taking up just 8 hours of each week I have plenty of time to fill, and writing a blog seems the best way to do it.
I'm expecting this blog to become dedicated to sport, since that is what occupies far too much of my time. Whether or not I write about other things remains to be seen, although ranting or musing or rambling may occur. In any case, I chose 'Hit and Hope' as the title partly because of the sporting philosophy behind the phrase but also because I feel my starting a blog is very much, well, a hit and hope situation.
I don't know how often I'll write, though my dad thinks I should get up at 8am and write something every morning. While that is quite clearly crazy talk, I'm reminded of that quote from the novel 'Grace Notes' which said: "Neglect your art for one day, and it will neglect you for three"*. I certainly found that was true when it came to playing the piano, and I think it's probably the case when it comes to writing too.
* I almost started to reference that quote. It's hard to get out of essay writing mode!
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