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Get To Know You Question of the Week: Why Do You Like Blogging Better Than Other Forms of Writing?
Holy - what do you think of that long title?!
If you’re here, I’m going to assume that blogging is your writing format of choice, which begs the question, why? There are all sorts of writing projects you could be doing. How come you like blogging better than other types of writing? What’s the one major selling point of blogging for you?
My answer:
There are a multitude of reasons that I like blogging best, but if I had to choose one major reason, it’d be the social interaction. When I went full-time freelance, I was working only 1/4 of my time as a blogger. Most of my time was spent on other various writing projects, and there was very little social interaction. I almost went back to a full-time day job; in fact I did go back part time for a while. I got some random job at a flower nursery, because I just plain missed people. Being alone in my office writing articles and copy, is not a dream come true for me, I get fidgety and miss chatter with co-workers.
Once I started taking on blogging gigs more, and other projects less, I knew I could keep freelancing full-time, because the social aspects of blogging are abundant. Read more about my ideas behind the social aspects of blogging.
Now you:
Why do you like blogging better than other forms of writing? If you like another form of writing better, feel free to let us know why.
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Easy: No editors. No permission required from anybody. You want to do it? Do it. Nothing can stop you. And the rewards could be considerable. And I’m not just talking about money.
The only obstacle is the time it takes to learn the tools.
You must blog your own blog, not a client blog. All my client blogs do have editors, and sometimes I do need to blog what they want. And no matter who you blog for (yourself, others, etc) you do need permission for some stuff (like photos, interviews, etc). But freedom is one aspect I like about blogging, I like that I can work at 3am and there’s no dress code, I just don’t feel it’s quite as free as you do.
Freedom (or at least more freedom compared to other forms of writing/reporting)
Participation (from readers and personal involvement)
Informality (language, dress code)
Tools (you can write, share, film, photographe at the same time and involve other social net.)
All of the above + the fact it’s new, fresh and it covers niches otherwise neglected.