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Journal Keeping for the Creative Writer

Blogging: The Journal of the 21st Century

I want to talk about the Blog: by now most of us know what a Blog is, and if you don't know, you're about to find out.

The Blog is the journal of the 21st century; it is the electronic diary; it is the way to go when you have something to say and want the world to listen. Some of its messages are intelligent and though provoking, others are just down-right non-sense. Either way, they're a popular medium and serve wonderful purposes at times.

Personally, I didn't discover the world of Blogs until after they became so popular. But when I did begin to use them, I found a whole new world of possibilities for my creative writing.

There seems to be no other experience like the one I have when I'm sitting at my computer with an empty text box, watching the little line flash, awaiting the next word. I know that people are going to be reading what I write. I know that what I write will touch someone. So the question is, how do I want to touch people right now? What is on my mind that I'd like to express to the world?

I find this type of writing to be a different freedom than the pen and paper: I find the quickness of my typing serves to deflect any censor I might indulge by the slow and steady glide of my pen. Thus I find myself being a different kind of creative with my words than I would normally be. That is the special quirk my fellow writers might want to experience for themselves.

Here's a list of sites that offer Blogging services if you don't already have one, you might want to try it:

http://www.blogger.com
http://journal.bravenet.com
http://noahgrey.com/greysoft
http://www.livejournal.com