May 10
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Why Writers Blog
What makes blogging so special for a writer?
One of the tricks of the trade for a writer is to write every day. High school creative writing teachers insist their students do this. Why? Because it gets the words flowing. With no visions of Shakespearean perfection dancing through their heads, their students simply put pen to paper or fingers to keyboard and write. They learn to find something that prompts a thought and off they go. Teachers and students have done this for decades.
Successful blogging is about community (it engages you with your readers) – “I exchanged a few words with Stephen King today…” How empowering for a reader. How gratifying for a writer.
Blogging helps to organize your thoughts – if you don’t organize them, your readers/critics will assist you.
Blogging is collaborative thinking, and therefore ‘chicken soup for the writer’s soul’ – again, interaction with other human beings can help a writer stay connected to reality (this is called sanity).
Blogging keeps you “in your reader’s face”, not tucked away on a bookshelf gathering dust – you don’t need to blog several times a day, or even every day. Your readers will use your RSS feed to deliver your humor, story, poetry, or wisdom whenever you write.
Infrequent but insightful, creative blog posts can make you a “thought leader” in your field.
Hazards of blogging: vulnerability to (instant) criticism, writing without thinking (much), ability to be totally wrong or seem incredibly clairvoyant several times a day
And finally, a blogger is freed from finding an outlet, meeting deadlines, waiting out delays, writing revisions, and enduring publishing politics, editorial disagreements, and outright rejection.
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