Traditional Vs. Blog Writing

Is blogging writing and writing blogging? Are they both not the same thing at the end? Many writers become bloggers, and all bloggers are essentially writers, so what really is the difference? Well, for starters, there are key elements that make blogging a bit different that traditional writing. Traditional writing is the foundation of blogging. Writing paper after paper or maybe poem after poem gets you ready for the big wide world of blogging. Basically, traditional writing is great practice for blogging and will assist with grammatical and sentence structural aspects of being a good blogger. However, there are a few major aspects that distinguish blogging from traditional writing. These differences are:

1. Publication

Blogs are meant for to be published. They are meant to be shared with anyone that will read them. Traditional writing is not always meant for publication (even if your mom absolutely insists that your latest memoir is the best she has ever read). 

2. Interaction 

You have finally finished the 1000th essay on literary analysis and are anxiously awaiting your instructors feedback. However, this feedback is going to be one sided and not exactly interactive. Blogging on the other hand is meant to create interaction. You blog, people respond, you respond to people, etc. When you create a blog you are opening up your writing to the entire world and have to be ready to embrace that ongoing feedback that your writing may create.

Traditional writing is a great practice tool for up and coming, and even expert bloggers. However, blogging is way more interactive than traditional write and invites a lot of feedback and interaction. Either way, the more you write, the more you skill and determination you have to be a successful blogger.