Blog Reflection

After a year of blogging, I have realized different positive and negative aspects about my reading and writing life. One, is I’m good at interpreting non-fiction, whether it’s a book about competitive eating or an upfront article on the environment. I see messages that the authors are saying and the tricks they are using to get those messages through. I also like to formulate my own opinion on whatever the topic is. On the downside, I never respond to fiction in my blog besides when it is mandatory. In fact, my reading life is based entirely on non-fiction. Although that is my favorite genre, I should probably read a greater variety of genres to improve my interpretation and comprehension of other writing styles.

I have found that writing online is much more thorough than writing in my notebook, partially because my notebook to other people is eligible. But when I type, I usually delete ideas that I don’t think are important and think about what I’m writing harder. When I am writing, once I write something that isn’t too great, I don’t bother to erase it. I also think writing online is much more liberal than writing, because at this age, we can’t write in newspapers, and online media can express our thoughts to many more people than writing. The actual writing is freer in that it can reach more people.

Speaking of writing online in general, I think it is a great way for people to connect, although I feel it’s not as real as writing. In something like a letter, we take time and effort to make it sound polite and rich, while online is so quick, that usually whatever the writing is isn’t really important at all. On social media sites, I also feel the writing is very basic and has less effort to put into them. Much of the time, the things people post are meaningless, while sometimes hurtful, so overall its not great reading. Although I can’t imagine making a blog for myself, I might start to look at other people’s blogs for topics like music and news. I know some kids who have popular blogs, and checking them out might be a worthwhile activity. I think blogs are more similar to real writing than social media, and you can definitely learn a large amount about the world, or what other people think about it.