Comments on: The Writer’s Dilemma and the Blogger’s Secret http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:18:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Blog Herald: Rock Star Bloggers, Do You Chase Readers Away? - Liz Strauss at Successful Blog - Thinking, writing, business ideas . . . You’re only a stranger once. http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-194818 The Blog Herald: Rock Star Bloggers, Do You Chase Readers Away? - Liz Strauss at Successful Blog - Thinking, writing, business ideas . . . You’re only a stranger once. Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:31:35 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/#comment-194818 [...] Glass The Universe of People, Black Holes, and Stars Connectors and Mavens on the Tipping Point The Writer’s Dilemma and the Blogger’s Secret The Two Webs: Information or Relationships? Social Networking: Am I Person Or an [...] [...] Glass The Universe of People, Black Holes, and Stars Connectors and Mavens on the Tipping Point The Writer’s Dilemma and the Blogger’s Secret The Two Webs: Information or Relationships? Social Networking: Am I Person Or an [...]

]]> By: The Blog Herald: Social Networking — Am I Person Or an Item? - Liz Strauss at Successful Blog - Thinking, writing, business ideas . . . You’re only a stranger once. http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-189811 The Blog Herald: Social Networking — Am I Person Or an Item? - Liz Strauss at Successful Blog - Thinking, writing, business ideas . . . You’re only a stranger once. Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:05:09 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/#comment-189811 [...] Glass The Universe of People, Black Holes, and Stars Connectors and Mavens on the Tipping Point The Writer’s Dilemma and the Blogger’s Secret The Two Webs: Information or Relationships? Social Networking: Am I Person Or an [...] [...] Glass The Universe of People, Black Holes, and Stars Connectors and Mavens on the Tipping Point The Writer’s Dilemma and the Blogger’s Secret The Two Webs: Information or Relationships? Social Networking: Am I Person Or an [...]

]]> By: Liz Strauss http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-181981 Liz Strauss Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:34:25 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/#comment-181981 Chris, I hear what you're saying about the feeback. Yes, I look there as well. The feedback this morning of knowing this post that I stayed up writing was listened to and heard was waiting for me when I turned on my computer this early morning. :) The stats let me know what folks care about so that I know what I should write and how to best suit their needs and unsxpressed desires. Feedback is important and addictive. The comment box will always be the feedback that I like most. :) Chris,
I hear what you’re saying about the feeback. Yes, I look there as well. The feedback this morning of knowing this post that I stayed up writing was listened to and heard was waiting for me when I turned on my computer this early morning. :)

The stats let me know what folks care about so that I know what I should write and how to best suit their needs and unsxpressed desires. Feedback is important and addictive. The comment box will always be the feedback that I like most. :)

]]> By: Liz Strauss http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-181980 Liz Strauss Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:31:32 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/#comment-181980 Hi Vernon! I think of it more as a kid who has to go to be early and is afraid that I'm going to miss something while I am sleeping -- something someone said or did while I was away. Yea, I too, love the forgiveness and humaness of blogging. The fact that we take the time usually to make sure that we know what the other guy means. That the agreed upon rule is authenticity and transparency, and that most folks abide by those simple traits making it easy to see who they really are. When I've met bloggers in the real world, they look the same to me as they did online in the comment box. As you say, a look into their soul. Hi Vernon!
I think of it more as a kid who has to go to be early and is afraid that I’m going to miss something while I am sleeping — something someone said or did while I was away.

Yea, I too, love the forgiveness and humaness of blogging. The fact that we take the time usually to make sure that we know what the other guy means. That the agreed upon rule is authenticity and transparency, and that most folks abide by those simple traits making it easy to see who they really are. When I’ve met bloggers in the real world, they look the same to me as they did online in the comment box. As you say, a look into their soul.

]]> By: Liz Strauss http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-181900 Liz Strauss Thu, 19 Apr 2007 20:35:56 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/#comment-181900 Hi Jeff, The meeting of people in actual communication can be truly uplifting to the spirit. Put that together with something that interests us and we're there in a minutes. Write in a conversational tone and our brains are trained to tune in. So, yeah it really is chemically enticing. :) Brilliant, jeff! You know I never tell you that you're wrong . . . except once in a while . . . um er now and then . . . almost . . . well you know what I mean. :) Hi Jeff,
The meeting of people in actual communication can be truly uplifting to the spirit. Put that together with something that interests us and we’re there in a minutes.

Write in a conversational tone and our brains are trained to tune in. So, yeah it really is chemically enticing. :)
Brilliant, jeff!
You know I never tell you that you’re wrong . . . except once in a while . . . um er now and then . . . almost . . . well you know what I mean. :)

]]> By: Chris Cree http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-181883 Chris Cree Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:05:54 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/#comment-181883 Guys, I think the reason it's so addictive is we get that nearly instant feedback (traffic, stats, comments, etc.) which is missing in traditional publishing. Just like with drugs we find it takes more and more just to get the same high so we keep cranking out the content to get the feedback (and the high). Guys, I think the reason it’s so addictive is we get that nearly instant feedback (traffic, stats, comments, etc.) which is missing in traditional publishing. Just like with drugs we find it takes more and more just to get the same high so we keep cranking out the content to get the feedback (and the high).

]]> By: Vernon Lun http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-181881 Vernon Lun Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:45:27 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/#comment-181881 It is an addiction... what prevents us from stopping is the fear that we wake up one day and be excluded from the conversation. I see blogging different from publishing because you never feel you have to be perfect, you just have to be you and your thoughts are unadulterated and your opinions are raw. It is reality writing, usually instantaneous, rarely insincere. That's why we are all so drawn to reading blogs because they are in that sense a window to the blogger's soul. It is an addiction… what prevents us from stopping is the fear that we wake up one day and be excluded from the conversation.

I see blogging different from publishing because you never feel you have to be perfect, you just have to be you and your thoughts are unadulterated and your opinions are raw. It is reality writing, usually instantaneous, rarely insincere. That’s why we are all so drawn to reading blogs because they are in that sense a window to the blogger’s soul.

]]> By: Jeff Brown http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-181874 Jeff Brown Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:42:08 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/#comment-181874 Now for the dark side of blogging Liz won't tell you about. :) It's legal heroin that begins gnawing on the back of your mind until it crashes into the front of your skull demanding to be fed. Then you blog and it leaves you alone for a day - two at the most. It's insidious. For this I blame Liz - world's most successful pusher. :) Now for the dark side of blogging Liz won’t tell you about. :)

It’s legal heroin that begins gnawing on the back of your mind until it crashes into the front of your skull demanding to be fed.

Then you blog and it leaves you alone for a day – two at the most. It’s insidious.

For this I blame Liz – world’s most successful pusher. :)

]]> By: basketer http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-181863 basketer Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:20:20 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/#comment-181863 Perfect. Thats essentially all I have been pondering about for a month now :). So i guess writing is weaker than blogging is what you wanted to say Bm?? Also, what is the chocolate cake the readers get in this blogging scenario?? Perfect. Thats essentially all I have been pondering about for a month now :). So i guess writing is weaker than blogging is what you wanted to say Bm??

Also, what is the chocolate cake the readers get in this blogging scenario??

]]> By: Liz Strauss http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-181858 Liz Strauss Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:59:00 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/#comment-181858 Hi Tony, If you would just stop saying just important things, I would stop linking to you. Darn it anyway. :) I love your description of folks at a party in conversation. That's how I experience it too sometimes. Sometimes it's like a coffeehouse where we all meet -- and there's chocolate cake. :) Hi Tony,
If you would just stop saying just important things, I would stop linking to you. Darn it anyway. :)

I love your description of folks at a party in conversation. That’s how I experience it too sometimes. Sometimes it’s like a coffeehouse where we all meet — and there’s chocolate cake. :)

]]> By: Tony D. Clark http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-181838 Tony D. Clark Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:11:35 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/#comment-181838 Wow, Thompson, Prather, and me... Never thought I'd see THAT day :) I completely agree that hitting "publish" is the beginning of the conversation. It's why I started blogging. In the intertubes, publishing a post is equivalent to walking up to a group of interesting folks at a party and sparking a conversation. You never know where it's going to go, but rarely is it boring. Thanks Liz! Wow, Thompson, Prather, and me… Never thought I’d see THAT day :)

I completely agree that hitting “publish” is the beginning of the conversation. It’s why I started blogging.

In the intertubes, publishing a post is equivalent to walking up to a group of interesting folks at a party and sparking a conversation. You never know where it’s going to go, but rarely is it boring.

Thanks Liz!

]]> By: Liz Strauss http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-181836 Liz Strauss Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:57:36 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/#comment-181836 HI Noah! I agree that the research kills the problem for me. Writing helps to sort my thoughts as that's what planing a written work does. But if I've solved the problme, i've no reason. My thoughts are already sorted and organized and I've no inclination or wish to write them down . . . unless I want to teach someone else what I've learned. Liz HI Noah!
I agree that the research kills the problem for me. Writing helps to sort my thoughts as that’s what planing a written work does. But if I’ve solved the problme, i’ve no reason. My thoughts are already sorted and organized and I’ve no inclination or wish to write them down . . . unless I want to teach someone else what I’ve learned.

Liz

]]> By: Blog Herald Today: The Writer’s Dilemma and the Blogger’s Secret - Liz Strauss at Successful Blog - Thinking, writing, business ideas . . . You’re only a stranger once. http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-181835 Blog Herald Today: The Writer’s Dilemma and the Blogger’s Secret - Liz Strauss at Successful Blog - Thinking, writing, business ideas . . . You’re only a stranger once. Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:51:01 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/#comment-181835 [...] Read the whole feature in today’s Blog Herald by clicking the logo. [...] [...] Read the whole feature in today’s Blog Herald by clicking the logo. [...]

]]> By: noah http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-181834 noah Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:50:01 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/#comment-181834 The reseacrh destroys the exercise. If you read too much you think too much and then suddenly all the angles mix up in your head. There's a fine line where you know just enough to write and keep the language moving in an interesting way. Most bloggers seem to fixate more on content, and fact-checking. I guess that is just a symptom of blogging's problem, which is anyone can do it. For an amazing sui generis site (can't call it a blog) I recommend www.philalawyer.net. The author writes a really raunchy book in serials and the language is astounding. The reseacrh destroys the exercise. If you read too much you think too much and then suddenly all the angles mix up in your head. There’s a fine line where you know just enough to write and keep the language moving in an interesting way. Most bloggers seem to fixate more on content, and fact-checking. I guess that is just a symptom of blogging’s problem, which is anyone can do it. For an amazing sui generis site (can’t call it a blog) I recommend http://www.philalawyer.net. The author writes a really raunchy book in serials and the language is astounding.

]]> By: Liz Strauss http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-181833 Liz Strauss Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:37:09 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/#comment-181833 Hi Pelf! I find that when I do the research, I often don't want to write it. It seems that i've solved the problem already so the the writing process is extraneous because the discovery is over. I'd help, Pelf, but I need to write my own stuff and I can't find anyone who can help me. :) Thank you for the kind words. They're the best help. :) Hi Pelf!
I find that when I do the research, I often don’t want to write it. It seems that i’ve solved the problem already so the the writing process is extraneous because the discovery is over. I’d help, Pelf, but I need to write my own stuff and I can’t find anyone who can help me. :)

Thank you for the kind words. They’re the best help. :)

]]> By: Liz Strauss http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-181832 Liz Strauss Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:35:04 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/#comment-181832 Hi Chris! Hugh and Tony are two guys I quote a lot. Then there's Chris Cree. He's getting quoted more and more lately. :) Hi Chris!
Hugh and Tony are two guys I quote a lot. Then there’s Chris Cree. He’s getting quoted more and more lately. :)

]]> By: Liz Strauss http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-181831 Liz Strauss Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:34:14 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/#comment-181831 Hi Jean, I know that you've been in publishing for such a long time. So you too, speak from experience. I had totally forgotten how once something is ready to be published, it's been worked well into shape and well out of it's "freshness." Thanks for that reminder. Another counterpoint that explains why I get up with a smile every day. :) Hi Jean,
I know that you’ve been in publishing for such a long time. So you too, speak from experience. I had totally forgotten how once something is ready to be published, it’s been worked well into shape and well out of it’s “freshness.” Thanks for that reminder.

Another counterpoint that explains why I get up with a smile every day. :)

]]> By: Liz Strauss http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-181830 Liz Strauss Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:31:15 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/#comment-181830 Hi John, Having been a product development person, I can see how a product blog could work the same way regarding thinking through product ideas with customers and and in case of "store-type" blog or product blog hearing their closest needs, desires, and wishes. Great product blogs from my point of view, aren't really about being hype-ful but instead they're about being helpful. So I see lots of room for discussing wishes and dreams and ideas. Hi John,
Having been a product development person, I can see how a product blog could work the same way regarding thinking through product ideas with customers and and in case of “store-type” blog or product blog hearing their closest needs, desires, and wishes. Great product blogs from my point of view, aren’t really about being hype-ful but instead they’re about being helpful. So I see lots of room for discussing wishes and dreams and ideas.

]]> By: pelf http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-181827 pelf Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:07:32 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/#comment-181827 Oh my.. This sounds like me -- researching for enough materials to write my thesis. Anybody can help by sending me papers and directing me to more journals but at the end of the day, I'd have to do the writing myself. Beautifully written :) Oh my.. This sounds like me — researching for enough materials to write my thesis. Anybody can help by sending me papers and directing me to more journals but at the end of the day, I’d have to do the writing myself.

Beautifully written :)

]]> By: Blog News Watch » Blog Archive » Writing/Blogging Article Worth Reading http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-181825 Blog News Watch » Blog Archive » Writing/Blogging Article Worth Reading Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:03:40 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/#comment-181825 [...] Writing/Blogging Article Worth Reading April 19th, 2007 by Sheryl Sisk Take a moment at some point today to read Liz Strauss’s article on “The Writer’s Dilemma and the Blogger’s Secret” up at The Blog Herald. It’s good stuff. Posted in Writing Tips Link to this Entry Email This Entry [...] [...] Writing/Blogging Article Worth Reading April 19th, 2007 by Sheryl Sisk Take a moment at some point today to read Liz Strauss’s article on “The Writer’s Dilemma and the Blogger’s Secret” up at The Blog Herald. It’s good stuff. Posted in Writing Tips Link to this Entry Email This Entry [...]

]]> By: Chris Cree http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-181823 Chris Cree Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:28:37 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/#comment-181823 Liz, I have said the same thing Hugh Prather did, but with regards to working out! And I'm with Tony Clark. The company keeps me coming back. Liz, I have said the same thing Hugh Prather did, but with regards to working out!

And I’m with Tony Clark. The company keeps me coming back.

]]> By: Jean http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-181821 Jean Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:14:07 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/#comment-181821 This is a great post, Liz. I really like the point you make between print publishing and blogging -- the finality of one, and the on-going dialogue of the other. I know that there are nuances in both, but your point is well-made. It also makes me think about the publishing process in general. In print publishing, you write something and by the time it takes to actually be published, you are way beyond the topic in your own thinking. Blogging is fast and current and so much more instantaneous. That's why the dialogue and the relationship is so very valuable and adds value to one's thinking. This is a great post, Liz. I really like the point you make between print publishing and blogging — the finality of one, and the on-going dialogue of the other. I know that there are nuances in both, but your point is well-made.

It also makes me think about the publishing process in general. In print publishing, you write something and by the time it takes to actually be published, you are way beyond the topic in your own thinking. Blogging is fast and current and so much more instantaneous. That’s why the dialogue and the relationship is so very valuable and adds value to one’s thinking.

]]> By: jhon http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-181817 jhon Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:40:06 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/19/the-writer%e2%80%99s-dilemma-and-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-secret/#comment-181817 "...but you can take the thought wider and deeper with the authenticity of your experience...". Can blogging about products and services that you never experience but do it for money fall in to this? I mean I see a lot of blog reviews written about some web site or product that, I'm sure( 'cause i can tell), the writer never had experience of but do it for money and some even beg to review your product and/or service. Please keep in mind that this doesn't concern many of the blogs out there that are really good and quite important to read- even those of personal one's. “…but you can take the thought wider and deeper with the authenticity of your experience…”. Can blogging about products and services that you never experience but do it for money fall in to this? I mean I see a lot of blog reviews written about some web site or product that, I’m sure( ’cause i can tell), the writer never had experience of but do it for money and some even beg to review your product and/or service. Please keep in mind that this doesn’t concern many of the blogs out there that are really good and quite important to read- even those of personal one’s.

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