Blogging is not writing -- it is not the same as it used to be anyway. It's the difference between yelling into a canyon at night and waiting for a response, and yelling into a dark room full of people who are poised to yell something back.
In the canyon, you puzzle over whether or not anyone will even hear you.
In the dark room, you anticipate the responses you'll get, even before you start yelling.
Like it or not, this changes the dynamic. This is not writing, because this is not the canyon. Some may say that there's comfort in the dark room, that the isolation of the canyon was overwhelming. For me, writing is a solitary act. Once the work is out there, and you're reading it, then we can start a conversation. For now, I think I prefer the canyon.
so you've written a blog about blogging not being writing? nice p0m0 / "jedi mind trick", yo. ;))
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