Comments on: Writing vs. Blogging: Is There a Difference?

By: How Well Do You Work Under Pressure? : Performancing

How Well Do You Work Under Pressure? : Performancing — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:20:21 +0000

[...] It’s not just writing, hitting publish, and waiting for the cash register to ring. After all, blogging is not just about writing, but also about connecting as [...]

By: Mary Warner

Mary Warner — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:44:07 +0000

Thank you for this post. I’ve been struggling with the writer vs. blogger conundrum for a while – as in, is blogging considered real writing? Mentally, I say that it definitively is, but emotionally I’m not always so sure, probably because blogs got a bad rap at the beginning for being online journals and were summarily dismissed by other writers. Your post reminds me of the more complicated, interactive nature of blogging. You don’t truly understand blogging until you’ve had to manage a troll.

By: Annabel Candy

Annabel Candy — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:33:46 +0000

Unfortunately, even though blogging may involve more, the word currently has negative connotations. At the moment people think of bloggers as amateur writers, to be a ‘proper writer’ you have to be paid. Interesting article and I look forward to seeing how it all plays out.

By: Riscario Insider

Riscario Insider — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:27:26 +0000

Dunno. I used to think Writing was the domain of professionals and Blogging was for the rest of us. Now I realize writing is writing and a blog is a publishing medium. We write differently for Twitter (a micro-blogging platform), email, a blog, a speech, a magazine article and the script for a PowerPoint. In each case, we’re still Writing.

By: Burl

Burl — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:25:33 +0000

I recently published a book that was in all honesty a compilation of a little over one year’s worth of blog posts. The actual writing for the book was less than 25 pages. The rest of it was taken from blog posts that were already neatly categorized into chapters by the category links. So, are blogging and publishing different? Yes they are! The content can be identical,or nearly identical as in the example I just gave, however; The great difference is the intended duration of the work as part of the literary community. For some reason, people still read “Great Expectations”, but the chances of someone going back and reading even a six month old blog post are quite slim. Blogging, while writing, would be comparable to writing a newspaper column. Many people may read it on one day, but then it is unlikely to continue to be read in the future. I think that is the major difference between blogging and traditional publishing.

By: Lois Geller

Lois Geller — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:03:24 +0000

When I write my blog, I feel like I’m conversation…and maybe sometimes to just myself. People don’t leave comments, but when I was in NY last week..speaking there, several people told me they read it all the time.

It is funny that they read it and don’t add their two cents to the conversation.

I know though, when I read someone’s blog whether I’d like them if we met in person, and maybe that’s what it’s for…getting to know you. Do you have the same values I do? Do you have something to offer me?
Well, then maybe I’ll give you a ring, and we can talk about it.

Some people are using their blogs like a diary. Who knows how all this social media will shake out in years to come. Right now, I’m loving it, because I’m generally someone who likes to build relationships in all these places!

By: Jamie Favreau

Jamie Favreau — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:02:30 +0000

Very good definition of both.

I also have seen former writers who were banned from printing an investigative story publish it on their own blog because they took a buy out at there former employer.

So you can publish content which sometimes is banned for political reasons. I still think you need to be responsible but interactive is the best way.

By: Blues

Blues — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:30:22 +0000

Blog makes money for the blog owners, writers makes money to the article site this is the difference….

By: G

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:00:17 +0000

For me blogging is more easier, save time and energy, more open, can interact with reader and more fun than writing.

By: Indie

Indie — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:34:07 +0000

Yes i agree Blogging is a social medium, after all. And as such, blogging goes far beyond writing