Blogging and Promoting Awareness through the Written Word

By H. Court Young

Many people are not into writing, or blogging. However, in my opinion, writing and blogging are two of the most enjoyable and creative activities on the Internet. Blogging is a way of expression which gets your ideas out to the world, much like writing articles and books. Blogging, unlike writing articles and books, takes less time and can be much more free-form. It forms the basis for many of the social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter.

I love to write and publish books, because I want to promote awareness through the written word. It is also my reason for blogging and being on social media sites (Facebook and Twitter).

I wrote and published my e-book “The Art of Writing an e-Book, How to Enrich Yourself and Others” to help others write and publish books and e-Books. This e-Book (EPub) gives readers a number of tools to help them get ideas, increase their productivity and enhance their creativity. The information presented in this e-book are time-tested and used by some of the best authors in the field today.

Writing is one of the ways in which humans present ideas to each other. It is, in my opinion, one of the reasons that human societies are possible. The recording of ideas, thoughts, opinions, emotions, and observations of the world around us have allowed the history of human civilization to be passed down from generation to generation. Most of the scientific discoveries and technological advances of our modern society have been based on ideas and observations recorded by past generations.

For example, one of the oldest books available today is the Bible. It is thought that many of the written stories were originally passed down by the spoken language. However, the circulation increased exponentially when mass printing became available. The ability to read and knowledge also increased exponentially after the advent of the printing press.

“Two factors operated to accelerate the spread of Renaissance culture after 1450: growing economic prosperity and the printing press. Prosperity -- the result of peace and the decline of famine and the plague -- led to the founding of schools and colleges. In these schools the sons of gentlemen and nobles would receive a humanistic education imported from Italy. The purpose of such an education was to prepare men for a career in the church or civil service.” - http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/press.html

In today’s world, knowledge increases on an ever smaller time frame. This idea was presented by Ray Kurzweil as follows.

“In his 1999 book The Age of Spiritual Machines Kurzweil proposed "The Law of Accelerating Returns", according to which the rate of change in a wide variety of evolutionary systems (including but not limited to the growth of technologies) tends to increase exponentially.^{[7 “- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerating_change}

So what does this mean to you? There is an ever increasing bank of knowledge about many subjects which you can discover, research, explore and think about. But if you don’t make use of this knowledge, what good is it? Part of the human endeavor is to convey ideas, express opinions, pass on observations and ultimately to form relationships with others.

The tools presented in “The Art of Writing an e-Book” are just as useful for blogging as they are for writing articles and books. They will stimulate your thought process and help you organize and present your ideas in a meaningful way.

It is these relationships which make life worth living. Because you are a unique creation, your ideas, perceptions, observations and life experiences are also unique. If you keep them locked up inside your mind, you deny the world a very special, one of a kind view of human existence. Sharing with friends in discussions is great, but sharing with the world at large is even better. This is a great way to increase your relationships and touch the lives of people you will never meet.

This is the power of the written word. So, I encourage you to start blogging and making your ideas, experiences and thoughts available to a worldwide audience.

H. Court Young
December 10, 2014