Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Mixed feelings of blogging


Writing blogs…..something has certainly changed in regard to my opinions about them. First, I realize they are not just for the accomplished writer. They can be simple explanations of passion or thoughts. Second, the reasons for writing blogs are endless. They can keep a photo album of a family vacation, be a way to tell fans of rumors about a popular celebrity, or even to describe new and unique ways to used and prepare bacon! I would follow that blog. That brings me to my last point, I believe one needs to be passionate about what he is writing in his or her blog. Because of this I sometimes find it difficult to write about these topics.

The difficulty is not in the act of writing a blog. I actually love the fact of including our own opinions in informal writings such as these. It is definitely better than anything I have done before as far as writing. My biggest challenge is to include my opinions in response to these articles. I sometimes feel I am simply restating the article in a simpler way, and maybe that is all that is required. I just feel I should be able include more of myself in these blog posts, and I will continue trying to improve that. I will say that because of this experience I realized that even an untrained writer like myself is able to create and maintain a blog, and that is pretty cool. I may even create a music or Horn blog because of this class. I don’t even care if it becomes popular or not, and that leads to my biggest revelation. If you write for yourself you will only enjoy it. You will have a reason to continue writing. It won’t be because you will become famous or you will please your readers; it will be because you have something you want to say or talk about. That to me is the coolest attraction to blogging. 

2 comments:

  1. I like that you bring up passion and blogging. The emotional aspect isn't something that we've talked much about, but I think you're right. Blogs are often self-sponsored writing, and I think passion becomes really important for those kinds of projects.

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  2. I also think that it is difficult to express my personality in these posts. So many of my former writing classes have encouraged me to develop a more formal tone. I am trying to set up my blogs so that they sound like me, rather than the english tone that I have developed through the years.

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