I didn't plunge or tred or... really do anything at all. I wrote two posts, life got in the way and when I felt an itch to be creative, I signed back into my account and decided to write a few words on my lunch break. Much like any project or attempted hobby, I'll stick with it for a a solid two weeks until one of the following three things happen. 1) I get bored 2) I get busy 3) I get lazy. Thankfully I can blame my failed blog attempt on the fact that my 9 to 5 (more like 8 to 6) is my life and when I actually feeling like living, I like to step away from the computer screen. In actuality, I write, type, edit, research... all day long why would it ever make sense for me to come home and do it all over again?
Regardless, I've thought up some interesting ideas to incorporate in my ::fingers crossed: future blog writing. Stay tuned.
4.14.2011
12.30.2010
Zine vs. Blog
Writing Culture with Chuck Morgan. That was by far the most memorable and enjoyable course I took in college. There weren't rules, just writing. As students, we were challenged to write in unique ways: song lyrics, map directions, business plans... I even handed in an entire project (book marks, pamphlets, instructional flip cards) pasted onto a Yoga mat. Presentation is key, right? My favorite project, however, was mastering the art of Zine writing. A zine, not to be confused with a magazine, is a fanzine: a work of self-published writing on a topic of minority interest. An entire world that not one student knew existed was introduced to a class of Rhode Island seniors. What happened then? Well, complete chaos and confusion of course. None of us could grasp what a zine was. "Can I write about my favorite football team?" asked one student, followed by "No" from the professor who further explained zines aren't about trends or every-day topics. (NOTE: Perez Hilton is exactly NOT what a zine is.) It took us almost three weeks of classes to fully understand the mechanics of a zine, at which point I selected the quirks of my college roommates as the muse to my zine. My roommates were notorious for leaving me insanely inappropriate sticky notes and letters that I would find in all sorts of places: my school binder, my computer screen, the bathroom mirror, my pillow case. I took it upon myself to save every last note, spy on them in secrecy and copy their wall-to-wall messages on Facebook. I compiled their notes and most intimate secrets into a black and white, photocopied archive of embarrassment. I later sat them down, explained my project and told them I had already handed it in to my professor. Were they mortified? Of course but I got an "A" for my originality.
Like a zine, a blog needs to have a personality, a topic of interest, a reason to write and keep writing. A blog needs a brand. It's a home of consistent ideas for readers alike to indulge in new and relevant knowledge each time they visit.
What's my blog about? Well I haven't figured that out yet. It took me weeks to figure out that what interested me the most was the crazies I was living with... so I'm just going to keep writing and see what I come up with.
Peace.
Like a zine, a blog needs to have a personality, a topic of interest, a reason to write and keep writing. A blog needs a brand. It's a home of consistent ideas for readers alike to indulge in new and relevant knowledge each time they visit.
What's my blog about? Well I haven't figured that out yet. It took me weeks to figure out that what interested me the most was the crazies I was living with... so I'm just going to keep writing and see what I come up with.
Peace.
12.28.2010
Plunge or Tred?
I've been dabbling with blog writing for years: ScozzBlogz, PRetty PRactical PR, K-Scene... all the typical horribly cheesy names and I admit, this one's probably the worst. Originating from Brad Paisley's hit "Online" I actually thought I could be the first one to snag up the URL somuchcooleronline.blogspot.com however 13 year-old Emily's one and only post back in 2007 beat me to it. Rats.
So now what? Do I take the plunge and jump into the world of blogging full-force like I did when I was 18 with not a clue in the world what blogging was or even what I ate for breakfast that day. Or do I tred lightly, more cautiously, learning the skills of what makes a good blogger?
What makes a good blogger, anyway? Impeccable grammar... awe-inspiring alliteration... general intellect of all things holy in the "blogosphere?" I'm not sure I buy it. With that said, well typed, I'm also not getting paid to write nor do I have large readership and/or any subscribers at all.
I have been paid to write... Heck, I'm still paid to write and frankly, it's horrible. There's endless deadlines to meet and by the end of the day, your work is so finely chopped, it doesn't hold your personality, or any personality at all. I assume that's why I signed back into Blogger and am blabbing on and on now.
I used to write about college- I LOVED college. I loved giving advice. I loved that people were reading what I wrote and TOOK my advice. Here's where I give a little shout out to MyUSearch.com where I had the best editor that should have fired me for consistently missing ALL deadlines. Ahh the memories of my first real blog post. My college roommates, a bunch of lacrosee players, would ask me "are you LNB-ing?" (Late Night Blogging, of course) as I sat infront of the TV glued to a laptop as they watched re-runs of Friends. All my friends thought I was nuts - a true nerd to say the least - which is why I kept my Twitter obsession a secret. I didn't mind much, especially by the time our senior year rolled around and all their classes required them to blog as part of the curriculum. Who do you think built their accounts?
It feels good to be back. I'm going to tred for a bit, beef up my own RSS considering I've been completely MIA for probably over a year. My apologies, I was only finishing up my undergrad degree and getting my feet on the ground in a full-time PR position.
Toodles.
So now what? Do I take the plunge and jump into the world of blogging full-force like I did when I was 18 with not a clue in the world what blogging was or even what I ate for breakfast that day. Or do I tred lightly, more cautiously, learning the skills of what makes a good blogger?
What makes a good blogger, anyway? Impeccable grammar... awe-inspiring alliteration... general intellect of all things holy in the "blogosphere?" I'm not sure I buy it. With that said, well typed, I'm also not getting paid to write nor do I have large readership and/or any subscribers at all.
I have been paid to write... Heck, I'm still paid to write and frankly, it's horrible. There's endless deadlines to meet and by the end of the day, your work is so finely chopped, it doesn't hold your personality, or any personality at all. I assume that's why I signed back into Blogger and am blabbing on and on now.
I used to write about college- I LOVED college. I loved giving advice. I loved that people were reading what I wrote and TOOK my advice. Here's where I give a little shout out to MyUSearch.com where I had the best editor that should have fired me for consistently missing ALL deadlines. Ahh the memories of my first real blog post. My college roommates, a bunch of lacrosee players, would ask me "are you LNB-ing?" (Late Night Blogging, of course) as I sat infront of the TV glued to a laptop as they watched re-runs of Friends. All my friends thought I was nuts - a true nerd to say the least - which is why I kept my Twitter obsession a secret. I didn't mind much, especially by the time our senior year rolled around and all their classes required them to blog as part of the curriculum. Who do you think built their accounts?
It feels good to be back. I'm going to tred for a bit, beef up my own RSS considering I've been completely MIA for probably over a year. My apologies, I was only finishing up my undergrad degree and getting my feet on the ground in a full-time PR position.
Toodles.
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