When I was a senior in High School, I had an English teacher who once said that blogging is not a valid form of writing. I have also seen and heard from many sources across media platforms that blogging is not a real written form or should not be respected or recognized. I never really gave it much thought due to the fact that I did my own creative writing and kept it to myself. However I always doubt negative opinions about anything and always find the positive in everything.
I clicked through multiple blogs such as http://www.20-nothings.com/, a blog about a woman's life being in her twenties and all the drama and hardships of it, which I enjoyed because of its seriousness. Clicking on this blog proved to me something that I had always thought about of most blogs and that is that blogs are basically a journal for the world to see. It is whatever the author wants it to be, just like an author who writes a novel, or a painter who has a canvas in front of them. It is a form of writing, even if it's electronically based and delivered. Because the idea and practice of blogging is relatively new and nontraditional, people immediately disrespect it, which I now think is absolute bullshit(pardon my language). The old ways of writing are great, but there should always be room for new ways through advanced means, such as blogging.
The next blog post that caught my eye was one called http://dronestagram.tumblr.com/, which I did not personally enjoy. I do not enjoy reading about current events or struggles throughout the world and decide to avoid such news. It may sound very self-centered or selfish I know, but I only pay attention to news that might affect me, and even then I usually don't care. However that does not mean I don't think such matters as these are important, I just choose to ignore these things. This blog focuses on drone strikes through a compilation of Tumblr posts and Instagram photos, current events that I choose not to wrap my head around. They are not for me but for others who care more about this topic and decide to discuss such things.
The last blog that caught my attention was a more humorous blog called http://thebloggess.com/, which for a number of reasons, was my favorite and more of what I personally like. First off, something that stands out to me more than probably most people is that this blog is its own site. It's not riding off the back of Tumblr, Blogger, etc. It is it's own site, it is it's own space in the internet world. This is something I admire from individuals, not that I have anything against those sites, I just believe it is better to have your own space on the internet for whatever you want, rather than using a service to do something you can probably handle yourself. The other things I admired was the humor, which I believe is rare in writing, traditional or not. My all time favorite book series is called the Psychic Eye Series and (even though the book covers are a bit girly) they are the funniest, most enjoyable books I have ever read so far in my life, and the reason for that is because it is so rare to find humor in books, articles, and writing in general. And that is what this blog has.
I am happy that I am getting experience in the field of blogging because I believe it is a form of writing that is worthwhile and just needs time to grow to become more standard and become what is deemed traditional.
Great job at the start of this post establishing the context for your entry and then connecting back to it as your closed the post at the end. Well done. Your considerations of the various blogs are interesting and well done. To take this to the next level, be sure to hyperlink the blogs (sites) you refer to in each post so your reader can more easily access them and use some visual support to engage the reader and move beyond only the white text on a black background.
ReplyDeleteI like what you said about trying to find the positive especially when most people only see the negative, very well said.
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