Blogging has definitely become easier for me as a writer. I find it easier to establish an idea and expand on it throughout the entire blog seeing that I no longer need to talk about myself as often. In my first 3 blogs, it almost seems as if I am trying to fit my writing into a template. In my first blog, I talked about what we did in class, the news article that relates to the class topic, and then connecting the story somehow to my life. Also, in the first 3 blogs I relate everything to myself! I cannot believe how self-centered I was writing! In my blog post titled "Life graphs" I ask two questions: "But should I be aiming to better my life?" and "what does it mean if my life graph is a straight line?" These questions do not make a reader want to give their opinion because all I talk about is my life not anyone else's. And in the next blog post about StoryCorps, I use the pronoun "I" 6 times within my last 3 sentences. Fortunately, in my last few blog posts I have not used my own stories but have instead expanded further on my idea. And it shows because I've gotten more comments. In my last post, I am able to simply talk about one topic without needing to add my own pointless stories inside.
My writing has also expanded in the sense that my blogs have become less and less exactly related to what we talk about in class. My first 3 blogs were about deciding whether something is a fact, life graphs, and StoryCorps. All 3 of these idea's were directly taken from our classroom discussions. I've found that in the past 3 I have taken what we've discussed in class and blogged about something related but not directly the same idea. For example, in my blog about "The Real Housewives of...", I discussed how media has an influence over us by using the reactions of my classmates as an example. I say, "Now I don't blame these reality TV women for changing our class's view on the word "housewife", but I do think that the media can be held accountable in these situations." I could have simply talked about whether or not I believe "housewife" has a negative connotation. Thus, it has been easier for me to blog because I no longer keep myself talking about exactly the same topic as discussed in class.
What I found particularly surprising when I reread my blog posts is that I actually liked them! I found it very enjoyable to have a place to look back and see my writing. I honestly I am not sure if I would blog consistently if I didn't have to, but I've found that it is a great way to make a point that I didn't get to talk about in class!
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