I am currently a Graduate in English Literature and Journalism, and while writing is my passion and journalism is the career path I would love to follow, I have never been able to sit down and actually create a blog or a blog post for that matter. It was only recently that I realized why...
When it comes to writing a blog, it is not that I have a shortage of ideas, in fact my mind never stops working, but rather that I seemed to get "writers block" if you like, whenever I sat in front of my computer. I know, unheard of for an aspiring journalist, however, I found myself fearful of the reaction I would get over my writing, and whether or not people would like both my writing and me... A bit ridiculous, I know!
I realised that if I was to be a successful journalist, I would need to get over this and fast, because not everyone will like my writing or agree with me; but there may be just as many people that will. There is no point being a writer, if you have no audience, right?
So here I am, writing my first blog post and as a start I thought I'd let you know a little bit about myself. My name is Shana Ray, I was born and lived in South Africa most of my life. When I was 19 I moved to the UK, where I have lived for three and a half years now. I love living in the UK, a country that has so much to offer, with both the fantastic City and Country life, cultural diversity and quality of life. I enjoy reading, sport (both participating in and spectating), music, art, theatre, movies as well as politics and global affairs.
I have very strong views and opinions about certain topics and I hope to share many of them with you, right here!
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