Blogging Around

I read Marika's blog about how much she liked blogging this year, as the free writing let her self-express, despite having it as an assignment.

"I think it's nice that you found a form of self-expression through blogs. It seems like your thinking really benefited by having this forum. Do you think you will continue blogging without it as homework?"

Kyle talked about how blogging has helped open his mind, and led him to start his own blog, which he thinks lets him be comparatively more creative and individual, as opposed to narrow prompts.

"Kyle,
To start, I'm pretty impressed you have a personal blog getting 60 hits a week? Are they all people you know?

It's interesting me that you don't really few this as a blog. Blogs seem to be about whatever you want them to be about. After all, most journalists syndicated and staffed now write blogs supplemental to their columns and/or reports. Seems like they have dictated scopes on what to write about.

If that doesn't convince you of some merit of having a prompt, defer to your opening paragraphs- this helped you think about things you wouldn't normally consider, which probably helps your thinking process and can't be arrived at without some external challenge.

At least you get the best of both worlds.

Mitch"

Albert made funny comments on how to finish his short story, reflecting on the feeling of futility accompanying the process.

"Albert,I think your musings on how to write your short story are both hilarious and also serve to shed light on how difficult the writinhg process can be. It's nice that in the face of such adversity you still retain humor."