In Other Words

Self Analysis

Since Blogspot has installed that bar at the top of the page (found by scrolling to the top, Liana) my hits have risen sharply. Suddenly from just three or four hits a day my counter has risen to seven! Yes, seven. I’m now getting seven hits a day, on average. I hope some day in the future I’ll be able to look back on it and go ‘wow, seven hits, and I was impressed with that?’ (allow me my illusions of grandeur).

That rise has provoked me to write another post about the nature of my blogging. Why? Because it entertains me, I guess, and because it shies away from all the politics, opinions and links that I’ve been posting so much off these last couple of days (er, weeks).

I’ve noticed that the nature of my Blog seems to have changed considerably. Gone are the mindless rantings off the first couple of weeks. It’s all still typed in one quick go, but each post seems to have congealed into only discussing one topic. I think that’s a good change, it means that the title gives most people a good idea whether they want to read the post coming up. It’s not a bad thing, necessarily, to post several times a day, though it is more demanding, naturally enough.

I think I’m also getting the size of my posts under control. Though they might be a tad too long for first timers. It’s useful to try to stick to only one A4 page at font twelve. Its gives you a frame work. Of course there is the risk of not examining the point your trying to make enough and therefore leaving out or missing an important point, but that’s what you have multiple posts for, right?

I still don’t really have a hook (though I like looking up the interesting facts thing). My Blog is far too much all over the place for that. It’s not my plan to change that, however. I couldn’t stand trying to write about one topic only. I want to be able to write what ever I find interesting at that moment in time. Hell, that’s what a diary is all about, right? Writing about the things that keep you busy and involved.

What I have noticed and I’m very happy with is that my writing is improving (ok, so you don’t agree, see if I care! Go read somebody else’s blog, you bastard.) what they say is true, write every day and you improve as a writer (Ok, ok, or your confidence increases and you think you’re a better writer).

The absurd, bizarre attempts at humour have taken a back seat to the opinionated ranting. In the beginning that was my main focus, but since I’ve moved offices across the road that seems to have changed (purple veined throbbing floppy dildo with speed stripes). It’s funny how just your location can alter your writing so much. That’s not truly surprising, of course, after all writing is largely a subconscious thing. The words that you type out on the page might come from your conscious mind, but they are doubtlessly influenced by your subconscious state of mind.

I still haven’t started reading back the thousands upon thousands of characters I’ve typed onto this blog. I should, I might just be able to find the inspiration to write the articles I still need to write. Themes, concepts, ideas a plenty in here, maybe even one or two worth using.

posted by Symbol @ 19.8.04