Go to The Impossibility Of Knowing
- Add a comment
- Go to I want writing to be stimulating but easy
Hi MayB
...just keep writing
posted by
MysticGmekeepr
on May 24, 2005 at 1:13 PM
| link to this | reply
unrewarded ..
posted by
Azur
on May 24, 2005 at 12:57 PM
| link to this | reply
NCWriter, yes sadly merit is usually unreward in the writing game
posted by
Azur
on May 24, 2005 at 12:57 PM
| link to this | reply
Just a Thought...
The way I see it, the money does kind of suck blogging. Unless you really, really, really get a name for yourself and get a good site, and advertising, and really market that site, you're not going to make much (I mean anyone, not just you MayB). So why not put the energy into writing something you really love (novel, memoir, short story collection, collection of essays) then self publish and spend your efforts marketing THAT. We all know that we can write, unfortunately getting paid for the writing we WANT to do doesn't always have much to do with how well we do it...
posted by
NCwriter
on May 24, 2005 at 6:35 AM
| link to this | reply
Hmmm, I enjoy blogging too, but I also enjoy the research for articles. I find writing blogs much easier though, perhaps because I'm not as concerned about language and the style is more laid back. I'm sure you will have no problem publishing any books you write.
posted by
Ca88andra
on May 24, 2005 at 4:05 AM
| link to this | reply
MayB,
It just seems such a logical way to go with this really I'd think. Just think of the paper and trees it would save in just a few years time! And add to that printing and shipping costs and all that is used in resources doing this as well.
Cent
posted by
Cent
on May 24, 2005 at 3:07 AM
| link to this | reply
Yes it will be interesting. I agree-- I resist paying for text at all costs. I'll buy a paper, mag or book but I won't pay online.
The other model is to be sponsored by a company and provide advertising. Of course if it were easy more people would be doing it
posted by
Azur
on May 24, 2005 at 2:53 AM
| link to this | reply
MayB,
Actually recently a fellow writer and I were talking about this and how it seems people just will not pay to read stories and such on the internet. But, recently I read where there is a new trend toward on-line publication which will be done just like the music industry. Pay a flat rate for one story to download, just like a song, or pay a monthly fee whereby you can download as much from the site as you like, which I would guess is somehow kept track of on which articles and stories are downloaded. How they will pay the authors it didn't say. It will be interesting to see how and if this develops. Cent
posted by
Cent
on May 24, 2005 at 2:44 AM
| link to this | reply
Marshallengraved, keep at it, fix goals, move towards them, be bold
posted by
Azur
on May 24, 2005 at 2:32 AM
| link to this | reply
Zentropa, never mind about the earnings -indeed spending too much time on blogging is costly. I agree that once one gets going on a blog it should be easy
posted by
Azur
on May 24, 2005 at 2:31 AM
| link to this | reply
writing professionally is my goal...
I wanna be recognized for my work...i have several important projects going on. Like i said it in a recent post, it might be a hard struggle to achieve sth, but determination and willpower are the key to success:)
posted by
Marshallengraved
on May 24, 2005 at 1:52 AM
| link to this | reply
Blogging has its own charm, but may be professionally, it may not work!
posted by
Elan27
on May 24, 2005 at 12:19 AM
| link to this | reply
Good question May
I enjoy blogging tremendously - I tell myself and everybody else it's to practice and hone my creative impulses, but I know of no other "work-out" so looked forward to and enjoyed. ;) I commend you for focusing on writing efforts away from blogging. Wish I could do the same.
posted by
Katray2
on May 23, 2005 at 9:04 PM
| link to this | reply
I love blogging
but my travel articles have my whole heart. There is nothing greater then writing about wonderful places to visit, or maybe I just need a vacation.
posted by
Sherri_G
on May 23, 2005 at 7:48 PM
| link to this | reply
Mayb,
You clearly have made a name for yourself in the field of writing, so can use that as a draw. Without credentials as drawing power, how would one convince a prospective client?
posted by
Blanche.
on May 23, 2005 at 7:28 PM
| link to this | reply
Just read your comment counter to mine.
HA!!!!
Well placed!
I would think you need an seperate website for your weblog, with someone paying you for hits. Gomedome might have (MUST have) a better idea about that.
posted by
majroj
on May 23, 2005 at 7:28 PM
| link to this | reply
MayB,
Blogging professionally, assuming it were possible, sounds like it would be blissfully easy. All I want to do when I get a minute to sit down is write a diary entry about something. It's not such a big leap from that to a weblog. I've already kept three weblogs before, but this is the first one that I have attempted to earn some kind of money out of. But if current earnings are any indication, it will never be anything more than a hobby to me. 
posted by
zentropa
on May 23, 2005 at 7:21 PM
| link to this | reply
Mapet6, I like with blogs that I can dash them off. Most of the other writing I do requires sustained effort. Blogging is a little like performance art --something done in the instant although unlike performance art a blog can live somewhere forever, long after we are gone
posted by
Azur
on May 23, 2005 at 7:10 PM
| link to this | reply
Talion, perhaps but on the other hand it would be a pleasant way of assembling a body of work, somewhat less pressured than the writing work I do now
posted by
Azur
on May 23, 2005 at 7:08 PM
| link to this | reply
MayB
You make some good points. I think the difference between blogging and attempting to write a book or short story is that you don't feel like your post has to change the world, whereas when you working on YOUR story, you feel pressured to make an influence, to make your mark. It's just more relaxing to blog.
posted by
Mapet6
on May 23, 2005 at 6:40 PM
| link to this | reply
MayB
Blogging is an escape, like reading a good book for pleasure rather than a student reading the same book for a report. If blogging became a job it would lose its luster because it would be, well, work.
posted by
Talion
on May 23, 2005 at 6:31 PM
| link to this | reply
L.E.Gant, the way in is to blog about a specialist topic which attracts commercial interest. I am aware of a few examples of jobbing bloggers and those who have set up independent blogging business. Results are very mixed.
For example there are some technology blogs. As for the writing, I think it is easier than writing freelance articles a) because it would be writing about a subject in which one has expertise and can quickly assess information and b) because the best blogs tend to be succinct. Having said that, one needs to have knowledge and experience behind them to write succinctly and authoritively. Naturally I don't think my wittering on blogit is fit for that.
posted by
Azur
on May 23, 2005 at 6:28 PM
| link to this | reply
There's a lot of people (not in Blogit) who make a reasonable living through blogging. It's not much different from writing free-lance. The hard part is to make it commercial, which effectively means your name has to be a drawcard. Once you start on that road, though, you wonlt find it quite as simple as putting down thoughts that need little research - professional blogging is a tough market, and it needs advertising income to make it pay well. Other than that, you just need a web page, and the rest is just writing!
posted by
L.E.Gant
on May 23, 2005 at 4:12 PM
| link to this | reply
Word.smith, I wonder if they were looking for an easy way out
posted by
Azur
on May 23, 2005 at 3:21 PM
| link to this | reply
Mary x, that would be blogging about blogging;-)
posted by
Azur
on May 23, 2005 at 3:21 PM
| link to this | reply
I've heard about several people who
have highly successful blogs. Do some investigation. You never know!
posted by
word.smith
on May 23, 2005 at 2:46 PM
| link to this | reply
Mayb,
If it works out, please blog about it!
posted by
Blanche.
on May 23, 2005 at 2:45 PM
| link to this | reply
OffbeatPub, everyone needs a comment like the one you gave me. Thank you, you give me hope
posted by
Azur
on May 23, 2005 at 2:40 PM
| link to this | reply
MayB
Now wait a darn minute here. Given the right idea, the right format, directed to the right audience, you bet your sweet bippy you could do it professionally. Your a darn good writer, I read you more than I comment, but if anyone can do it, your one!
posted by
Offy
on May 23, 2005 at 1:00 PM
| link to this | reply
It already sucked
posted by
Azur
on May 23, 2005 at 12:41 PM
| link to this | reply
The money sucks. That settle the inner debate?
posted by
majroj
on May 23, 2005 at 12:39 PM
| link to this | reply