Why I Blog
Walter at Inklings - The Copywriter’s Blog responded to a tag and put up a post about why he blogs.
In the post, he said:
Next? There are a lot of blogs that I turn to on a regular basis. But four that have really piqued my interest lately are: Wordsmith Extraordinaire, Designers Who Blog, Fiction Scribe and David Airey’s Creative Design. I, for one, would be interested in reading why each of them blog.
I absolutely adore tags, so I decided to post up my response.
Why I blog…
To be heard. I think most, if not all, people just want to be heard. Whether wanting to leave a statement, wanting to make a difference, or just wanting to get something off your chest, most people have something to say. For me, I like to help people and make a difference in that way. I also want Fiction Scribe to be the writing site I was always looking for when I was younger.
To keep up good writing habits. While you could say my blogging is just a stall on writing (writing for my personal blog, that is. Writing here is my job.), but I want to write every day. With blogging as an option to keep up the habit, I have a better chance of keeping it up.
To have my own space. I don’t own a house or even a car at this point. I live with someone, and until the spare room gets cleaned out, I don’t have my own space. Not even my own closet in the bedroom. 
Having a blog is having my own little space - even if it is on the internet. My space to decorate (more or less) as I please and mold into something distinctly…me.
Instant publishing. No rejection letters. No submission process. Ah, how I love it.
If you’ve read this, consider yourself tagged. Comment with a link to your response.
February 28th, 2007 at 9:24 am
RE: “Why I Blog” - Well said, Jaime! Ånd I’m really with you on the “instant publishing” thing.
WGB
February 28th, 2007 at 5:18 pm
Ah, thank you.
February 28th, 2007 at 11:05 pm
Good writing habits…ugh.
Written nothing in days and days. I agree that a blog is good for keeping up a writing habit, but I always feel as though I need to write something pseudo-meaningful/interesting, and lately that’s just been impossible. Bleargh.
March 1st, 2007 at 12:53 am
Then consider yourself tagged.
March 1st, 2007 at 4:26 am
I agree with number two. I only started blogging because I was mired in a writing slump for a month. The only writing I was doing were these ten minute free writes which turned out to be a waste of time since the writing was horrid - I was writing as fast as I could paying no heed to quality at all - so it turned out to be more detrimental than anything.
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My writing projects are still going slow but I feel better that I’m writing every day. Although the quality of the writing is not up to my standards, I’m still happy about the time and effort spent.
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Though that does make me wonder if I spent that time on my real* writing instead. That’s the biggest reason that I would quit blogging. Actually that’s probably the biggest reason that I would quit anything.
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What I mean by “real” is the writing that is more important to me personally.
March 1st, 2007 at 10:19 pm
I think free writes are a good thing if you need to spark yourself a little to get on your actual projects.
It’s the writing every day that’s important sometimes. If you don’t have that, it’s even easier to beat yourself up. I wouldn’t quit blogging though. The variety of my different writing projects is what keeps me interested in them.