According to Alex Reid, what are the benefits of doing an online blog for a writing class?

1. From what Alex Reid said on here feelings of the benefits of having a writing blog most of the benefits come from the idea of freedom and motivation. By saying this she means that more students would enjoy to be able to write what they want. With your blog you control the subject matter and how long or short its going to be as well as choosing it to be formal or informal and when you want to post. On the other hand you have the writing assignments your Teacher will assign you. This can create problems with young writers in many ways such as, the subject not being for them or the required format of the essay and stressful due dates all adding up to create stress and lack of motivation in the Student.

What are your feelings about keeping a blog, good and bad?

2. My personal feelings on keeping a blog are mostly good. Reasons being that I find it much easier and enjoyable to write freely and about my own ideas. And the biggest reason I find it nice to blog is writing for the fun of it and not pushing through your work to make that due date and the ability to be less formal and go along making your won format. Some of bad things i’d have to say about blogging is that it could make you sloppy over time not keeping up with current standards or becoming informal. You might also become lazy as well not having anyone assigning work to you or feeling pressure of due dates to get work done.

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.

— Oscar Wilde.

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This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.

You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.

Why do this?

• Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
• Because it will help you focus you own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.

The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.

To help you get started, here are a few questions:

• Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
• What topics do you think you’ll write about?
• Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
• If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?

You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.

Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.

When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.