Blogging, Social Networking, and Change
How much do writers feel they must share, what do they share? How does that change?
So many styles of blog, and there are no rules--if you read a blog, you are tacitly consenting to the blogger's rules for at least as long as you read it. So a blog full of quizzes and memes is not wrong, nor is one that lists the hourly tasks the writer is doing, nor is one full of hot-under-the-collar political screeds.
My question is, do those who blog tend to write the sorts of posts they like to read? I know I do--these questions come up when I'm washing dishes or doing laundry or walking the dogs, and they'd be the same questions I'd ask if a bunch of fans and writers were around me in a con suite. It's the fun way to do reality checks, formulate ideas in the head, throw them out, find out what others think.
How has my blog changed? I did love digging out quotes from various diaries and memoirs, but those almost never got a response, so I dropped them. It was a lot of work to find them and copy them in--now I just do the reading, without selecting snippets. I also separated off a lot of the purely personal writing and project notes, to a place where I felt more secure.
Though I like reading blogs that cover things I can't do, and vivid snippets of daily life, and thoughts shared on subjects I know little about. I've learned so much, ever since I got on the internet, and I can't count how many new writers I've discovered because of word-of-mouth reccos.
So many styles of blog, and there are no rules--if you read a blog, you are tacitly consenting to the blogger's rules for at least as long as you read it. So a blog full of quizzes and memes is not wrong, nor is one that lists the hourly tasks the writer is doing, nor is one full of hot-under-the-collar political screeds.
My question is, do those who blog tend to write the sorts of posts they like to read? I know I do--these questions come up when I'm washing dishes or doing laundry or walking the dogs, and they'd be the same questions I'd ask if a bunch of fans and writers were around me in a con suite. It's the fun way to do reality checks, formulate ideas in the head, throw them out, find out what others think.
How has my blog changed? I did love digging out quotes from various diaries and memoirs, but those almost never got a response, so I dropped them. It was a lot of work to find them and copy them in--now I just do the reading, without selecting snippets. I also separated off a lot of the purely personal writing and project notes, to a place where I felt more secure.
Though I like reading blogs that cover things I can't do, and vivid snippets of daily life, and thoughts shared on subjects I know little about. I've learned so much, ever since I got on the internet, and I can't count how many new writers I've discovered because of word-of-mouth reccos.