Can AnyonE write a BloG?

There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein. -Walter Wellesley Red Smith-

The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say. -Anaïs Nin-

or for some of us: Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. -E.L. Doctorow- HeH.


BLOGS

Some you just gotta read daily...check for updates twice or mebbe even five times daily?
Some you just can't seem to get through no matter how hard ya try..
Some are too intellectual,
not intellectual enough...
too serious,
too mundane,
too distracting, too many ads, dizzying,
not enough stimulation...

But,no matter what 'style' you prefer ..the essence is written communication isn't it?

Hmmm..so...What does it take to communicate well?

-For starters I say: Critical Thinking..perhaps even a degree of problem solving.
-This seems to involve a bit of information gathering as well as organizing,comparing and evaluating ideas.
-There's always the added bonus of knowing how to adapt those ideas to a specific audience. (assuming you have one...grinz)
-Then there is the ability to inform or explain without puttin' the readers to sleep. the tricky part.. HeH.
-It seems important to me, as well as to those I read to somehow persuade and even influence the "captive audience" to a way of thinking or point of view.
-There is the gift of creativity and innovation, which perhaps explains how it is you can read a post about a certain theme by 11 different authors and thoroughly enjoy perhaps only one?...
-Add to that- Writing skills...and ultimately the talent or "gift" of self expression.



I find there is actually a relationship between the writer and his or her "audience". A writer who views his readership as nothing more than the passive receptacles of his insights will lose me and I daresay most of his readers.

If the writer doesn't seem to me to have a clear reason for writing,or if she seems particularly unenthusiastic I,for one am far less receptive.

But if the writer seeks to "engage" me..I can 'feel' it. (or at least I imagine I can..so don't burst me bubble eh?)
If the writer is able to "persuade" me.. or draw conclusions that resonate strongly with my understandings and sentiments... I "feel" the connection.
If the writer is able to to appeal to my passions, my convictions,to make me emote, make me think ...motivate me -
I see that as a brilliant testimony to his or her ability to communicate....
and Yes...I believe I actually "feel" a part of them...


What say you, dear readers...Still awake?..Heh.






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