Blog Posts
The act of blogging is a complicated task. I’ve struggled to find something interesting to write about every week. What could be the stem of a conversation? Should I be funny or serious? How much information do I give before I start bugging the reader?
Throughout the semester, I've looked into different subjects on my blog: personalities, personal opinions, and experiences. The only common factor between my posts was that they were mainly about me. Talking about myself is fun at times (depending on whether I can get rid of the idea that I’m being narcissistic), however, — based on the comments — I can tell that the renditions of my personal adventures are hard to talk about. Not because they aren’t interesting, but because it’s hard to not mirror a format: “I do/n’t relate to this post. Here’s why or an experience of my own.” I admit guilty to using this technique, but it’s a very effective way of showing your appreciation for a post. Depending on how a blog is crafted, some are easy to comment on and some are not.
Looking back, I find my blog boring. I write about general things so I can post without getting cold feet. “Out of mind, out of sight” as the phrase goes. I feel that I was worried about sticking my neck out too much if I wrote about something controversial. When I first started my blog, I planned to be funny. I thought I’d write about my most embarrassing moments, but I think my heart would stop if I made that public. It wasn’t long until I realized the closest thing I’ve got to humor in my body is my humerus.
(I can hear everyone groan as they read that. It’s not the easiest joke to stomach.)
To be honest, I just really want to see a sizzling debate. If I had the chance to go back and do my blog over again, I’d probably make it about philosophical questions. For example, I could ask the burning question “what is life?” Or I could think of some other mind-boggling method that’d make you go, “why?” That’s the challenge of blog posts: finding a topic that everyone is ignorant about but then becomes kindling of a heated discussion.
This is the last blog post for Non-Fiction Writing, but I might come back and write blogs for fun. I’ll just let my words float into the body of the internet. Until then, I guess.
Did you catch every pun?
I struggle with coming up with blog ideas as well. I assumed it would be easy since my blog is based around funny/shady stuff I have done that I haven't told my parents, but that list became quickly exhausted. I feel like writing posts based on an argument would have been very interesting to write and research about. I don't know why I've never thought about it.
ReplyDeleteoh my god same ! I really was planning on doing super funny random thoughts but whenever it was time for me to write a post, I would get stuck. Other times, it was like "Would people think I'm weird if I posted this?". But yeah, no I still think it was a good experience and I'm kinda of proud of my posts. You should too! :)
ReplyDeleteYou make an interesting point about the ultimate secret goal of the blogs being to spark an intense discussion in the comments section. I think I always unconsciously wanted that to happen but never put any effort towards it, haha. Choosing topics was kind of a struggle for me too, because I didn't want to get TOO personal on a public platform (or, worst case scenario, ostracize myself socially). I don't think having a "boring" blog is necessarily a bad thing. Embarrassing moments are funny, but it can take a lot of willpower and confidence for people to share them.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you. I've also looked back on my blog posts and realized that some of them are really random and not the most pressing issues that were going on in my life. I wasn't able to be completely transparent and honest, but also I think that's realistic. It's our first time making a blog available to our whole english class, so it would be weird if it was completely natural for us.
ReplyDeleteI do relate to this blog post. An experience of my own was when I was writing blogs and didn't know what to write about.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your honesty, and the reflection you did. I hope all of your future blog endeavors brighten up all corners of the internet.