tracydurnell
tracydurnell

✍️ I scribbled myself a two sentence note on Friday, then when I went to put it online it grew into 2000 words πŸ˜‚ I feel a bit silly because it’s about what makes a blog a blog. But, if you’re interested: Understanding blogs

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starrwulfe.xyz
starrwulfe.xyz
@tracydurnell

😯 yaaaasss!

Great soliloquies always come from a 10 word main theme.

Can’t wait to read.

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JohnPhilpin
JohnPhilpin

@tracydurnell oh - save for my future reading pleasure - because a quick scan got me to thinking - and I need to read properly when I have time - thankyou.

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jasonmcfadden
jasonmcfadden

@tracydurnell Same as others, added to reading list. Can’t wait to read this one later πŸ™‚

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gregmoore
gregmoore

@tracydurnell I really like the differentiation you point out of blogs being a more evergreen body of work and social media a more ephemeral oral culture. While I mostly blog photos and small thoughts, I intend them to function similarly to my long-form writing. Viewing them (quite literally) makes up the bigger picture of me on my website.

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tracydurnell
tracydurnell

@jasonmcfadden would love to hear any thoughts you have 😊

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tracydurnell
tracydurnell

@gregmoore I like that intention, that totally makes sense 😊 The photos I post on my blog are different from what I would post on Instagram -- what I curate and include on my blog are a considered part of the whole.

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jasonmcfadden
jasonmcfadden

@tracydurnell Your observations about blogging make good distinctions from other writing. It may be hard to define blogging yet easier to describe it. I think the most telling trait is its personal/informal tone/voice. Its someone expressing themselves in writing.

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KimberlyHirsh
KimberlyHirsh

@tracydurnell I love this post! I've been thinking a lot about blogging as both medium and genre (because, unlike graphic novels, I think it's both). I've been thinking about blogging as its own art form, distinct from essays. I especially appreciate your point about blogs leading you to the argument rather than stating it up front. I'm often using a blog post to explore my own thinking and so I often don't know where I'll end up when I start writing.

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tracydurnell
tracydurnell

@jasonmcfadden I like the distinction between describing and defining πŸ˜‰ Yeah, even among blog posts by academics, the style tends towards informal and anecdotal, which is so much more personable to read 😊

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tracydurnell
tracydurnell

@KimberlyHirsh thanks! Ooh I'd be interested to hear more on your thoughts about blogging being both medium and genre πŸ‘€

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jasonmcfadden
jasonmcfadden

@tracydurnell Yes, I like reading personable writing. Sometimes I think I edit too much of my own β€œwriting the way I talk.”

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jasonmcfadden
jasonmcfadden

@tracydurnell A bit slow on the uptake; I just now (some time later) saw what you did there! ;) I read in haste.

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KimberlyHirsh
KimberlyHirsh

@tracydurnell I will let you know when I figure out how to articulate it!

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tracydurnell
tracydurnell

@KimberlyHirsh πŸ˜„πŸ‘

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tracydurnell
tracydurnell

@jasonmcfadden not blogging specific, but I looked through a bunch of people's personal websites recently, and everyone's about page was 😴 Formal and generic. Granted, about pages are hard and awkward to write, but it reinforced that expressing some personality in your writing is probably a good thing 😊

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jasonmcfadden
jasonmcfadden

@tracydurnell One of my struggles is feeling like using β€œI” too much, writing first-person. But when an About page is written in 3rd person, it’s not personable. It’s too formal/official. I’m challenged to edit my About page in a good way. πŸ€“

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tracydurnell
tracydurnell

@jasonmcfadden hell yeah 🦾 The struggle is real though πŸ˜„

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