why a blog?
A co-worker of mine said he didn't get what a blog is about? I didn't tell him I blog occasionally. I said I thought it was like a journal...then I thought why do I have a blog? No one reads it, and do I really care? So I was thinking why do it? It is for people who are full of hot air and want to be heard? The people in my life probably already know everything I would write about. Do bloggers feel a need to say to the world look at me and what I wrote. It's more important than anything you'll ever have to say. I'm full of myself.
So, calling all bloggers....what is the point...exactly?
So, calling all bloggers....what is the point...exactly?
posted by Lisa at 5:06 AM
2 Comments:
In the Epilogue to his new collection of essays and short stories "Scatterbrain", Larry Niven describes writing thusly: "We tell stories to ourselves. If we're lucky, someone else wants to hear them too." I guess this also applies to blogging.
Blogging is also a stab at immortality - what you write will continue to bounce around the internet somewhere, in some form, maybe for as long as such data is stored.
I don't think bloggers are necessarily saying (about their writing) It's more important than anything you'll ever have to say. Actually, I encourage other people to start blogs whenever the opprtunity arises so they can have their say, too.
For people wondering about what a blog is, you can always direct them to the relevant Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog
Why not Lisa? I am a storyteller at heart and the Blogs have given me someplace to spin my tales in the hopes that someone will see them and be encouraged. I happened across Blogs almost by accident and have one that I read everyday...so far. To be sure, my Blog is an experiment right now...but so dar I am enjoying it, even if the only ones that ever read my entries are my friends.
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