2.12 - How to Blog: Part I

Writing is the art form of conveying the thoughts and intentions of the writer in a meaningful form that can be interpreted by others with the use of grammar. Like the painter with their brushes and oils, a a writer’s work is always unique; whose quality is judged on the subjective levels of those who read the writer’s works.

I am a writer and I have been experimenting and optimizing my craft on a regular basis since my middle school years which coincides with the time that I began writing blogs. As I mentioned in one of my earlier posts for this class, this is the third blog I am updating regularly, and it is no small secret that this class as a whole is having considerable trouble with updating their blogs on a five day a week schedule (myself included). Of all the blogs I have had to keep up with, this is arguably the most difficult that I have worked on, and I often find myself relying upon posting entries that are below sub-par in comparison to my traditional methods. As a writer I am my own worst critic and each small entry or regurgitated entry from something posted for the class feels as if I’m slapping myself in the face.

Despite my disgust in some of the measures I find myself using merely to meet a schedule requirement, it has become apparent upon inspection that many of my class mates are also struggling because they do not know how to blog. Blogging requires a person to sit down and record their thoughts. Even for people who do it on a regular basis merely sitting down and recording their thoughts can be a difficult and daunting process. In order to help my classmates I will share some of my own knowledge and techniques that I use to help me write.

Cheers,
Eric Summers

In order to attempt to take this very long entry that I have written out last I shall be posting it over the course of several days in order to catch up on my weekly quotas. Time has not kind to those of us students who have to work full time and go to school full time.