tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40608476727814902372011-07-08T02:17:26.277-04:00I think art should be beautiful... Marci McDonaldMarci McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18096706605916046655noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060847672781490237.post-9440839372349215162009-08-14T08:01:00.003-04:002009-08-14T08:12:58.787-04:00<span style="font-family:verdana;">Everyone who knows me at ALL knows I have a {{thing}} about words. They've forever heard me explain sudden silences or disappearances by saying "I ran out of words."</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I have <em>always</em> choked when I know something depends on me coming up with the "Right Words." In school I thought it might be a good idea to meet this shortcoming head on, and enrolled in a debate class. I prepared meticulously for the first one and was fine making the initial presentation, but when the time came for <em>rebuttal</em>....... there I stood....... at the microphone on a big stage in a BIG auditorium....... and NOTHING CAME OUT OF MY MOUTH! I JUST HAD TO SIT DOWN!! It's been YEARS now, and just the thought still makes me feel faint and sweaty.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">So here goes, another attempt to confront the word thing. And writing IS a little different. I keep hearing it's easy, it'll be FUN! We'll see...</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4060847672781490237-944083937234921516?l=marcimcdonald.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Marci McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18096706605916046655noreply@blogger.com0