A colleague recently posted an entry to her blog noting various cliches about "living life" and posing the question, seeking perspectives, on what it means to live the blogging life. As one who has made various forays into blogging, only to let them fade away, I'd have to say it's about passion, which is not too far removed from the writing classics of audience and purpose. As long as we have something we truly want to say to readers we care about we'll be willing to invest the time it takes to blog as well as the courage to hit the publish button even when we haven't sweated over multiple drafts of something we want to say.
For another take on this question, I recommend the post Would a blog by any other name--be as confusing? at the blog Everyday Adventures.
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I finally read Becky's post and it was very helpful and honest. I laughed about the pre-vision of Marc with the hypertext visual reality. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI think that may be the key--really writing about things that you are interested and love. I think about things that people are really into like their kids, dogs, traveling...whatever the persons passion is and those people can talk about these things for hours ...I guess for those that like to "write" and get feedback blogging is a perfect place for some of those thoughts/interests/ideas ..
ReplyDelete"...even when we haven't sweated over multiple drafts of something we want to say." I think you hit the nail on the head here for me. Blogging creates a unique challenge for type-A people: not stressing about making each post a perfectly crafted piece of writing. There just isn't time for such shenanigans.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I've found myself really excited about what I'm sharing in my blog and just wanting to hit the "post" button as soon as I'm done. Finding passion in a subject reduces the fear that it's not "perfect" and increases the drive to just get it out there!