Comments on: Blogging Freedom Is a Mixed Blessing: Guest Post by Brad Shorr http://confidentwriting.com/2008/07/blogging-freedo/ The art of writing, for non writers Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:00:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: 4 Blogging Styles that Nurture Community: Guest Post by Brad Shorr | Confident Writing http://confidentwriting.com/2008/07/blogging-freedo/#comment-21319 4 Blogging Styles that Nurture Community: Guest Post by Brad Shorr | Confident Writing Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:51:11 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=463#comment-21319 [...] Blogging Freedom is a Mixed Blessing [...] [...] Blogging Freedom is a Mixed Blessing [...]

]]> By: Joanna Young http://confidentwriting.com/2008/07/blogging-freedo/#comment-2972 Joanna Young Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:34:16 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=463#comment-2972 Thanks Jeanne. Your own comments add so much to the mix - you're one of the few people I know who comes backs to check a reply - and comment again if needs be. What a commenting star! Joanna Thanks Jeanne. Your own comments add so much to the mix – you’re one of the few people I know who comes backs to check a reply – and comment again if needs be. What a commenting star!

Joanna

]]> By: Jeanne Dininni http://confidentwriting.com/2008/07/blogging-freedo/#comment-2971 Jeanne Dininni Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:56:18 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=463#comment-2971 Joanna, You are so right about the second dimension of reader comments: They definitely help us not only clarify our ideas but also refine them. Excellent point! Jeanne Joanna,

You are so right about the second dimension of reader comments: They definitely help us not only clarify our ideas but also refine them. Excellent point!

Jeanne

]]> By: Brad Shorr http://confidentwriting.com/2008/07/blogging-freedo/#comment-2970 Brad Shorr Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:47:44 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=463#comment-2970 Joanna, hope you are having a good time! I've always admired Brent as a blogger and for his discerning taste. :) Joanna, hope you are having a good time! I’ve always admired Brent as a blogger and for his discerning taste. :)

]]> By: Joanna Young http://confidentwriting.com/2008/07/blogging-freedo/#comment-2969 Joanna Young Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:55:06 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=463#comment-2969 Brent, I quite agree. Thanks for the alliterative comment - sounds almost like an election slogan! Joanna Brent, I quite agree. Thanks for the alliterative comment – sounds almost like an election slogan!

Joanna

]]> By: Brent Diggs http://confidentwriting.com/2008/07/blogging-freedo/#comment-2968 Brent Diggs Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:49:14 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=463#comment-2968 Brad is brilliant as always. Good job. Brad is brilliant as always. Good job.

]]> By: Joanna Young http://confidentwriting.com/2008/07/blogging-freedo/#comment-2967 Joanna Young Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:41:35 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=463#comment-2967 Brad, thank you for this thoughtful piece, and for hosting such a great conversation in my absence. Much appreciated. I like Jeanne's additions - especially clarification - not just in the sense of sorting a misunderstanding out but developing and thickening ideas in response to feedback and conversation. Expert know it alls can be too much to take - and one of the things I enjoyed from my week away was the absence of voices telling me what to do and how to do it - but maybe that comes down to us as readers to taking responsibility for our own reading experience, and switching off those voices that aren't working for us. (Note to self: feed cull coming up this weekend!) Joanna Brad, thank you for this thoughtful piece, and for hosting such a great conversation in my absence. Much appreciated.

I like Jeanne’s additions – especially clarification – not just in the sense of sorting a misunderstanding out but developing and thickening ideas in response to feedback and conversation.

Expert know it alls can be too much to take – and one of the things I enjoyed from my week away was the absence of voices telling me what to do and how to do it – but maybe that comes down to us as readers to taking responsibility for our own reading experience, and switching off those voices that aren’t working for us. (Note to self: feed cull coming up this weekend!)

Joanna

]]> By: Jeanne Dininni http://confidentwriting.com/2008/07/blogging-freedo/#comment-2966 Jeanne Dininni Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:40:24 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=463#comment-2966 Brad, Leave it to Bill Reilly to tell it like it is! Conversation and experimentation really are two important blogging freedoms! May we always use both to their fullest advantage! Jeanne Brad,

Leave it to Bill Reilly to tell it like it is!

Conversation and experimentation really are two important blogging freedoms! May we always use both to their fullest advantage!

Jeanne

]]> By: Brad Shorr http://confidentwriting.com/2008/07/blogging-freedo/#comment-2965 Brad Shorr Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:37:56 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=463#comment-2965 Cath, I read your blog post about your problems, and really hope you get through it without losing your blogging enthusiasm. The fact that you take these things so seriously is an indication of your strength as a blogger. Jeanne, as always, you add wisdom to any conversation. Like Cath, you take your responsibilities as a blogger seriously and keep freedom in check. I didn't try to rank my freedoms, but my top two would be conversation and experimentation. BTW, speaking of pontification, Bill Reilly (FOXNews) has a great word for that - bloviate. I think I have some bloviating blogger genes in my system, but I try to keep them in check! Cath, I read your blog post about your problems, and really hope you get through it without losing your blogging enthusiasm. The fact that you take these things so seriously is an indication of your strength as a blogger. Jeanne, as always, you add wisdom to any conversation. Like Cath, you take your responsibilities as a blogger seriously and keep freedom in check. I didn’t try to rank my freedoms, but my top two would be conversation and experimentation. BTW, speaking of pontification, Bill Reilly (FOXNews) has a great word for that – bloviate. I think I have some bloviating blogger genes in my system, but I try to keep them in check!

]]> By: Jeanne Dininni http://confidentwriting.com/2008/07/blogging-freedo/#comment-2964 Jeanne Dininni Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:18:34 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=463#comment-2964 Brad, At the top of my list of bad blogging freedoms, I'd have to place the freedom to jump onto one's soap box and begin sounding off like the proverbial know-it-all. I believe there's a fine line a blogger must walk if he wants to be perceived as an expert whom people willingly consult for advice, rather than an insufferable egotist, who's a legend in his own mind. It can often be difficult to maintain this balance. On the positive side, I'd say that my favorite blogging freedom would be the opportunity to relate to my audience in a personal way which few other forms of writing afford. This element can even help keep our tendency to pontificate in check, because it encourages us to be more real with our readers and think more about the way our writing affects them. Pretty-much real time feedback in the form of comments definitely helps in this regard. And that thought makes me realize my second favorite positive blogging freedom: the freedom to clarify ourselves--our ideas, opinions, and positions--in response to the feedback we receive from our readers in comments. Most other forms of writing make no provision for such post-publication clarification. Thanks for a thought-provoking piece! Jeanne Brad,

At the top of my list of bad blogging freedoms, I’d have to place the freedom to jump onto one’s soap box and begin sounding off like the proverbial know-it-all. I believe there’s a fine line a blogger must walk if he wants to be perceived as an expert whom people willingly consult for advice, rather than an insufferable egotist, who’s a legend in his own mind. It can often be difficult to maintain this balance.

On the positive side, I’d say that my favorite blogging freedom would be the opportunity to relate to my audience in a personal way which few other forms of writing afford. This element can even help keep our tendency to pontificate in check, because it encourages us to be more real with our readers and think more about the way our writing affects them. Pretty-much real time feedback in the form of comments definitely helps in this regard.

And that thought makes me realize my second favorite positive blogging freedom: the freedom to clarify ourselves–our ideas, opinions, and positions–in response to the feedback we receive from our readers in comments. Most other forms of writing make no provision for such post-publication clarification.

Thanks for a thought-provoking piece!
Jeanne

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