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Blogger Evolution

A Million New Novelists

We are on the verge of seeing a creative explosion in our culture. There is one reason for this: the advent and adoption of self-publishing. In particular, I am speaking of the future outlook for the novel. Although self-publishing effects all artistic forms, photography, video, audio, visual art; the art form that is most immediately affected by self-publishing is creative writing. By a wide margin, most blogs are dedicated to the written word in one form or another.

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The Liberation of Blogging

Blogger Evolution

Blogging has long been considered its own art form. The earliest bloggers made sure of that with their prodigious output. By sheer force of will and volume they earned the right to be taken more seriously than anyone wanted to. But I am not sure I ever read anything about WHY blogging was a serious art form

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Let Me Clear My Throat

Blogger Evolution

Bloggers Need to Stop Clearing Their Throats

I was watching a panel yesterday on Twitter on the “State of the New Media.” Tina Brown, editor of The Daily Beast was quoted as saying that there was no longer a need for writers who “need 5 paragraphs to clear their throat.” Oh man, what a great quote no?

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What Blogging Has Taught Me?

Blogger Evolution

Blogging regularly–I’ve written multiple pieces a day for over a month now–has proved that being a content creator is still the most valuable “thing” a person can be in the social eco-system. Someone said to me last night that I had written so much lately that there was no way anyone could possibly read it all, not even close friends who actually wanted to. Interesting.

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Investigative Bloggers? Bloggers as Journalists and Reporters

Blogger Evolution

We are witnessing a sea change in the way our cultures understands and appreciates blogs and the people who run them. For years, bloggers toiled in relative obscurity, ignored by mainstream culture, known only to a select few. They knew each other, they linked to each other and they broke ground together. Newspapers, magazines, news organizations paid absolutely no attention to them, in full display of the arrogance that has wrecked their industry.

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Professional Bloggers Need to Be Community Leaders

Blogger Evolution

Bloggers need to start thinking of themselves as not only insiders, but as important, influential and most of all valuable members of the community they serve. More than that though, bloggers need to think of themselves as community leaders. The wider culture is finally coming around to the reality that blogs are here to stay, that they play an important role and there is room for blogs to grow.

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