Technique under stress.
Blog Entry, class date October 27th 2009, and today you must describe one technique that you have learned thus far during this course, well; what I am trying to learn but find it very difficult is developing my voice under stress. I do think that my writing voice has more of a bitchy, disagreeing tone but after doing some research into what makes a good blog, I have found that most of the ones I enjoy have a passion, either anger or despair and frustration. I want to read to see if I am offended or if I agree with their point of view. I’m not saying that I find working under pressure impossible, nothing is impossible, but I do find it tough to write passionately about things that I don’t yet fully understand; “Stick with what you know son.”
I did a little research online to find out what makes a good blog, had to type in the whole phrase in fact “what makes a good blog” and I’d like to share a brief list of what I found. Tics and foibles that fascinate me about this writing or what might obsess them, especially focused obsessions. It’s like forebrain porn, you just want to read because the writing grasps you attention, either good or bad, I want to stir up some emotion. There is a lot of talk about using pictures or movies, blog’s that make weird noises, maybe fart sounds or other toilet humour to get the point across, but as long as I’m a little thrown off or challenged, I’m gonna be a happy blogger.
I suppose my inspiration to be a better blogger, or more to the point, writer, is to have feedback. Am I affecting anyone, are my thoughts provoking. This is exactly what we talk about in Communications class; interactive. How do you find out what you’re all about if you don’t hear back? As an artist this is a terrifying thought, what if I’m not liked, but as long as you are confident with your work, I suppose the criticism can help. Just don’t take yourself or the opinions of others too seriously, responding voices should help sculpt your writing… or better yet, provoke more ideas to write about.
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