I was reading other’s blogs and someone asked their readers what they wanted in a blog. I think it is a great question, so I am repeating it here. What do you want to read in a blog? There is a comments button at the end of each page, so feel free to add whatever you want there. I will be reading them every day and will try to respond to as many as I can as soon as possible. For, in the end, if it weren’t for the readers, there’d be no bloggers, would there?
The original idea I had for my post entitled Poetry Corner was to have readers comment on poetry and then perhaps have a venue where we could create poetry together, or at least share poetry. Sort of a two-way street for poetry. I still am waiting for comments from people on what I’ve put there, so I don’t even know where this is going. But it hasn’t been up and running for long, so there is lots of time.
In my non-fiction writing class, we are studying journals/diaries and blogs, and their similarities and differences. I came to the conclusion that, because blogs are public and diaries are private, that the public genre is more suited fopr the revised, polished work while the diary is more suited for the spontaneous, rough ideas and thoughts. This is leading me to my thesis for a paper: what exactly are the changes between the diary entry and the blog entry it becomes, and why (assuming a diary entry eventually becomes a blog entry).
My second blog, by the way, was a dream journal I have started. It was an experiment for the Non-Fiction class I mentioned. I posted an entry from my daily journal and decided not to edit it. It was about a dream I had and I think I will post more dreams there when I can remember them. The link and the blog have both been deleted. Why? No one read it or responded and I thought two blogs were too much right now.
I have this page here as a sort of sounding board. If y’all would like to comment on diaries, journals and blogs, please do. If, on the other hand, this sits here a long time with no commentary, then I will probably delete it and do something else. But, I am hoping that, like me, there are people out there who are not yet “experts” when it comes to blogs, and would probably benefit from a discussion. So, feel free to say whatever you like here. Who knows, you may just happen on a fantastic idea we can all benefit from.
Like the blog that has links to “Bad Science” and “Bad Astronomy” which points us to the things that are incorrect on the internet. Wikipedia, while it is performing a good service, also allows for misinformation to pose as truth. Having a “rating” system for websites and blogs would be a great idea. That way, when you want to know if something is legitimate or not, you can tell. Bloggers responding to blogs for other bloggers will keep things in perspective, and allow our precious freedom of speech to have another outlet.
