The essay “Why Blog? Searching for Writing on the Web” by Alex Reid gives a good insight on as to why an online blog can be beneficial to a writing class. When writing an assignment paper there expectations to be met in order to receive the grade that one would like. Where as, in a blog it is self motivation that pushes one to write down what they believe is worth telling. Reid states that “you will find it easier to translate that motivation into your academic writing, and later into your writing as a professional.” This explains, there are no limits when writing an online blog, the effort that is put down in the writing class will be translated in the future.
I am excited to begin blogging, but I am a bit nervous about being graded on this. When it comes to punctuation and word choice I have never quite been able to improve the same way as my peers. I hope that when I blog my effort to be a better writer can out weigh the little mistakes. If Alex Reid is correct keeping a blog should improve my writing, because in the end blogging is about having the passion to share your feelings.
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