Writing is a skill. All skills should be practiced.
In high school, I had the good fortune to have an amazing English teacher who took the time to teach my classmates and I how to write, and then, how to write better. She had us write two-page essays four nights a week with one night off in anticipation of a timed write during class the next day . The more I practiced the better I was at putting my thoughts on paper in a concise and organized way. In college, after professors read my papers they often though I was an English major (my major was Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs). I took this as a compliment, and I credit the source of their assumption to the quality of writing I produced because of the regimented practice I experienced in high school.
Now I am in law school. This is a whole new writing game on a whole 'nother level. I am starting this blog so I can go back to that regimented practice and hopefully bring my writing up to snuff again. The blog will be more casual than true legal writing, but it should be sufficient to give me practice in word use, organization, and clarity.
I will make an entry once every two week.
I'm writing that down because I heard once that goals are more likely to be achieved if they are written down (possibly from 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, a book I only remember because of a useless class in middle school). So there it is, a goal, in writing. If I can write more I will, but I think that is a reasonable goal for someone who spends about 50 hours a week or more studying.
Coming soon in a blog near you (aka, this one), why the blog is called "Knit Reason." Here is a picture hint...

Happy New Year.