✍️ I scribbled myself a two sentence note on Friday, then when I went to put it online it grew into 2000 words 😂 I feel a bit silly because it’s about what makes a blog a blog. But, if you’re interested: Understanding blogs
✍️ I scribbled myself a two sentence note on Friday, then when I went to put it online it grew into 2000 words 😂 I feel a bit silly because it’s about what makes a blog a blog. But, if you’re interested: Understanding blogs
😯 yaaaasss!
Great soliloquies always come from a 10 word main theme.
Can’t wait to read.
@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.
@tracydurnell Same as others, added to reading list. Can’t wait to read this one later 🙂
@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.
@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.
@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.
@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.
@jasonmcfadden I like the distinction between describing and defining 😉 Yeah, even among blog posts by academics, the style tends towards informal and anecdotal, which is so much more personable to read 😊
@KimberlyHirsh thanks! Ooh I'd be interested to hear more on your thoughts about blogging being both medium and genre 👀
@tracydurnell Yes, I like reading personable writing. Sometimes I think I edit too much of my own “writing the way I talk.”
@tracydurnell A bit slow on the uptake; I just now (some time later) saw what you did there! ;) I read in haste.
@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 😊
@tracydurnell One of my struggles is feeling like using “I” 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. 🤓