Blogging is my freedom. It kind of feels like the movie, Freedom Writers, in a way. I feel that blogging as taken my writing to a whole new level. At first, I would hate when teachers in high school would tell us it was time to pull out our pencils and write that long five paragraph essay. It was hard for me to come up with the sentences to write in those essays. Those essays just felt like a hassle.
Writing and reading were the two thing that I probably hated most in life. That changed when I found books that I liked to read and when we started writing these blogs. I exactly like writing more now from my blogging experience. I enjoy just writing how I feel and lessons that I have learned in my life. The blog has improved my writing in the sense of content because when I write now I care more about the words that I am saying instead of grammatical errors. I believe that grammatical errors are important to fix, but the message is what really matters.
The limitation with writing the blog is that the public is viewing your post so you have to watch what you say, such as terms that the average person would not know of. I do struggle with think of what to write sometimes, but I just take a break from the computer until a topic pops into my head then I start writing. What I enjoy most about blogging is putting my own words out there for the world to see. Blogging is away for me to escape and get my situations off of my chest.
im with you on when teachers say pull your pencils out. i find it easier to write paper when i can just open up the laptop and go to town.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean, I fell like some writers don't focus on the true meaning of their writing.
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ReplyDeleteTaylor, you mentioned that you find yourself focused more on the content of what you are saying than you do on grammar when blogging. Why is that do you think? I especially find this interesting because Phillip, who commented before me, finds that blogging has made him more sensitive to grammar (http://pmallet1.blogspot.com/2012/02/putting-your-best-foot-foward.html).
ReplyDeleteI know I focus on content because when I read a book I know I care more about the storty and the meaning not the errors made.It's more impornant and you are going to grab the reader's attention with your words not a comma or period.
DeleteI hated reading and writing too but when i sit down to write my blogs i actually don't feel that way.
ReplyDeleteI agreed with you. Same is my experience too. Practice makes perfect.
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