Revised Blog

I chose a blog from unit one discussing how I have seen blogging thus far through the class. Upon re-reading my blog, I feel I presented a very short discussion on what blogging has really done for me. Through revising it, I forward and counter multiple points I previously stated to present a stronger position on my opinion of blogging.

Writing has typically been something I have despised doing, but blogging has provided a new medium for writing, that for me, does not feel like traditional writing and therefore I seem to not despise it, but strangely enjoy it. Yes writing a 250-word response is easy to do for an article, and originally that’s all I did. But I have since started to expand my pieces beyond that, which I find surprising due to my mindset that I do not like writing. By no means are my lengthier blogs essays, which would be expected for a traditional writing class, but they have defiantly become more encompassing and in depth than my once bare minimum 240-250 word blogs. The original appeal to the blogs was that they could be short, but I now do not feel satisfied with just 250 words. Getting more in the mind set that blogging is conversational, my writing, which originally started as more formal writing in blogs, has become more relaxed and allowed to expand on ways I did not feel like I could in traditional writing. I originally stated that my attitude toward reading and writing on the web have remained unchanged, and I feel this was due to me not looking deep enough into what blogging has done for me. My opinion of writing on the web has improved through blogging. I feel it has advanced my writing in many ways, and provided a means of writing that I kind of enjoy reading (hard for me to believe I am actually saying that). Reading and writing are important for us to be doing, and while I have always believed that, before this class my writing on the web was minimal. I said they were things we cannot ignore, but for the longest time I was ignoring one of them. Now that I have personally seen the advantages to writing on the web, I feel I am in a better position to say they are important and advocate it to others. I had said that without knowing how to read and writing on the web we will fall on reading and writing standards. I can now say this is very true, and reading others blogs of classmates, some of whom are more experienced in writing on the web and in general, I can see how I have fallen behind on my ability to write on the web. It is important for everyone to read and write on the web so that they can stay connected to the world, and not be without the abilities to do both of these when needed.