Comments on: Three Reasons Why Blogging is Not Good for Your Writing

By: Jimmie

Jimmie — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:11:24 +0000

I’ll confess that sometimes I use photos to “cheat.” Instead of spending time to WRITE, I just stick in a good looking picture. That satisfies the reader and looks impressive. But I didn’t write (or at least not a lot).

By: Jaz

Jaz — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:29:40 +0000

I think that you will find that there are always going to be some negative things about blogging. Yes, I got into the social bookmarking thing. It took most of my time before I decided that it wasn’t worth it. Entrecard is a perfect example of that. Takes forever to do all 300 drops and now they allow more blogs for each person. Who has time for all that??? Oh yeah, buy the EC. In their dreams.

I also fell into the trap of trying to blog what people wanted to see. That failed miserably. I expected to see massive hits from a popular subject. Nope. The fact is that now I blog what I want to and I don’t really care if anyone likes it or not anymore.

And yes, I am one of those totally unsophisticated
people who blog for…..GASP….money. It helps pay the bills. Shrug. But that’s part of me too.

I have gotten into fast food blogging a time or two if I have a deadline but I was thinking about that. Journalists have the same problem, deadlines. They write quickly when they have to do so. That does not mean that the writing suffers if they can do it right.

Personally, I think that blogging is great. I love it. Yes, there are negatives but so what? And I don’t care if some professor in podunk, Somewhere doesn’t like blogging. I do.

By: Jena Isle

Jena Isle — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:33:12 +0000

I blog because I love to write, and writing is one of my outlets when I’m stressed out or pressured. You are right that “fast” is not good. There were times that I typed my thoughts directly into the blog’s template , only to discover later that I had committed several typos.

An ideal set up would be, “write, let it incubate for sometime, then proofread” before finally publishing.

In the blog world however, we have to come up with “fast” articles and at times the quality suffers..Haste makes waste..but do we have a choice, if we want to maintain our blogs?

By: Nick Daws

Nick Daws — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:09:45 +0000

Interesting post. To avoid these negative aspects of blogging, I think it’s important to have clear aims for what you hope to achieve from your blog. If it’s to generate paying work, for example, then all (or at any rate most) of your posts should contribute towards this in some way, e.g. by showcasing your professional skills. In my view it’s all too easy for bloggers to lose focus. Blogging then becomes simply a way of passing time and putting off doing any real, productive work. And yes, I know I’m guilty of this myself on occasion!

By: Malcolm Campbell

Malcolm Campbell — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:54:08 +0000

Whether we’re blogging about a specialty area, to publicize our books, or mainly for the fun of interacting with others, the first step (for me, anyway) was setting limits. Just how much time do I have and what’s the payoff?

If, as a writer, I’m blogging about, say, gardening, am I attacting a following, am I becoming known as an expert, and most importantly, am I starting to attract offers to write for money. After all, if one looks at writing as a career, one expects to improve one’s craft and credentials over time and end up being paid for what one does.

Is the blog really leading one down that road or is it simply taking up more and more time each week without any real return; worse yet, when the week is over, was more time spent blogging than was spent doing working on paying work?

It’s not an easy call.

Malcolm