I’m not going to get all high and mighty on you, claiming that my writing is somehow better than what you will find on any blog, let alone in “legit” articles across the web and in publications. I write for my own enjoyment. I am lucky enough to write about what I love in my current profession. The only negative is that I am not able to fully express myself. Hence, the birth of The Burab. Read if you please, but I do not write to be read.
The overwhelming theme here will be sports. That’s vague, I know, but I not only deal with sports on a daily basis, but my brain is cluttered with sports facts and statistics. Therefore, the vast majority of my posts will center on this area.
Expect me to touch often on steroids, Hall of Fame voting, All-Star voting, free agency, money in sports, tradition, the evolution of sport, the corruption of sport, statistical comparisons and any hot topics that may arise.
Is this how you introduce a blog? Hell if I know. I don’t read blogs. I’ve gotta be honest here. I am a writer, but I am a writer who does not read. Publicly, I say this is the case to keep my craft pure. I’ve found that whenever I latch onto a writer and find appreciation for their work, I try to emulate and steal what works for them. Everyone does it, I know. Nothing wrong with it. I just find more pleasure in writing stream of consciousness, not worrying about how it will be read or perceived.
In other words, I’m lazy.
Seriously, though, I’ve run into obstacles in my own writing because of how easy others make it seem. I watched Swingers and convinced myself that I could write a screenplay. I read Bill Simmons on ESPN.com and told myself that I could be successful copying his style. I read Ball Four and plotted to write a book. Inevitably, the copycat is never as good as the copied. The movie sequel never surpasses the original. The problem is that those who create these originals do it so effortlessly that we all think that we can duplicate it. Duplication is impure. Just write, man. Just write.
The thing is, Bill Simmons doesn’t sit around thinking that he needs to write like Bill Simmons. He writes. People happen to like it. He is one of the lucky ones.
The goal here, then, is to do something original. The concept of The Burab may be nothing new, but I will write entirely from the heart. If it sucks, it sucks. Hell, we may even add on additional writers to The Burab. We’ll see where this thing goes.
Thanks for reading.
