Dear Tech Nology

(This was long over due)

3 Reasons to Stop Blogging

Here’s why blogging can sometimes hurt your writing:

1. Blogging is instant

It happens immediately. As soon as you press “publish,” your article is live for the world to see, free for people to react and respond to your content.

This is exciting, addictive even, especially when people affirm your writing. We all need positive affirmation, but because publishing a blog post is instant, it can be dangerous.

You may find yourself publishing just for the thrill of taking your content live for others to praise it. Or you may begin to believe you’re better than you actually are.

Blogs stroke our egos. If you have one, be careful.

2. Blogging is expedient

Before the days of instant gratification when you had to actually pitch a piece before someone would consider publishing it, writers took time to consider what they wrote before sending it off to an editor.

Not so anymore.

Because blogging allows you to reach your audience instantly, it’s tempting to hit publish prematurely, to jump the gun on the creative process, to not let it run its course.

Good writing takes time. And the expediency of blogging can subvert the process of getting to your best content. Again, I say, proceed with caution.

3. Blogging is easy

Anyone can do it.

Beware anything that allows you immediate pleasure and reward with little work required. Beware anything that any hack can do. (It doesn’t really set you apart, does it?)

Take the time to write something worth reading, something that your readers will appreciate, even if it doesn’t mean you blog every day. (I know, I’m sort of breakingmy own rule here, but this is just that important.)

Anyone can blog. In fact, many do. But not everyone has something to say.

Be different.

What’s the solution?

Writers need to write first and foremost for themselves before worrying about building an audience or platform. This frees you to create art the world needs to hear, that the marketplace will reward, and that you’ll enjoy writing.

While writing for others isn’t necessarily bad, it can’t be primary. You must firstwrite for yourself.

When you can do that, you may return to your blog.

Reference: http://goinswriter.com/stop-blogging/

Sincerely, 

Me