I'm Impressed by Bloggers

I'm developing some blogs for denominational use, and they'll be unveiled in the coming months. I'm pretty excited about it.

As I've been working on this, I've been visiting scores of blogs to get ideas, particularly regarding graphic design. And I've been impressed by how many people out there can write well. I thought writing had gone down the tubes. But at least in blogdom, there are lots of really great wordsmiths out there, lurking amidst the huddles masses. Ordinary blokes and housewives and students and what-have-you who decided they wanted an outlet for their thoughts, and phooey on whether or not anyone cares to read their stuff.

Because of my training and experience in writing, I tend to be much more critical of writing. But I tell you--there are a lot of good writers out there. They put words together well, and they even get punctuation right. Many of these are people whose careers do not involve writing; they aren't professionals. But blogs give them an outlet for developing their writing ability, and in the process they get good practice in organizing and articulating ideas. It's certainly good practice for me, even though I write stuff as part of my work every day. Blogs give me a chance to be creative, something which a news report doesn't always provide.

Many bloggers are way to wordy to hold my attention--I prefer shorter entries (a standard I don't impose on myself, obviously!). And some, rather than creating new content, merely reference stuff they find elsewhere (which bores me). But there are plenty of creative types out there who churn out interesting new content, even if it's merely describing what they did the day before. A growing number seem to be learning HTML, too, so they can also be creative with their blog design.

Anyway, just thought I'd mention that.

Posted on January 5, 2006 06:03 AM|

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