Messages from the blogosphere
February 15th, 2004The sub-title of this article is “Web logging expands horizons of aspiring writers”, but I could only find one useful quote related to it. Rebecca Blood:
“‘People who start to pay attention to what they write, and who care about really getting their point across always become better writers,’ Blood says. ‘And so some of those journal-style sites become very compelling reading over time.’”
True indeed. I have always told librarians who ask me about writing for the profession that they they should continue to write everyday (Rachel Singer Gordon, in her new book discusses this as well). Weblogs are a great way to write and get instant feedback from readers. For me, Library Stuff went from a list of links to library news to one that has become my daily writing tablet. Sure, the content may be raw, but I choose it to be that way. You don’t have to have a weblog to be a better writer, but you do have to write. Everyday.