Comments on: Has Blogging Killed Your Writing?

By: Shruti Chandra Gupta

Shruti Chandra Gupta — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:27:27 +0000

Blogging didn’t affect my fiction writing and I have been blogging since five years. I think blogging is a good diversion for fiction writers.

By: Brian Sherwin

Brian Sherwin — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:20:39 +0000

I still write creative stories and poetry the same as before. However, I keep it in a physical journal instead of posting it online. When I’m online I end up going into ‘work mode’ no matter what the situation is. I’m content. :)

By: J. Angelo Racoma

J. Angelo Racoma — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:19:07 +0000

Haven’t written fiction since school. Last big fiction piece I wrote was my thesis. LOL.

By: J.T Dabbagian

J.T Dabbagian — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:39:05 +0000

Not so much my fiction writing, but my academic work has suffered as a result. It’s not up to the usual goodness that I used to do.

By: Barney

Barney — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:15:43 +0000

Yes, since I started blogging, I have written no fiction. Mind you, I wasn’t writing much fiction before I started blogging. I used to write much more (and poetry) when I was younger and had more energy.

I really only have just so much “writing energy” in a day and it now gets used up on the blog rather than on fiction or poetry.

And I do find reading blogs and jumping from web site to web site very energy sapping.

By: Sue @ TameBay

Sue @ TameBay — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:33:22 +0000

Write less fiction, definitely. I felt rather sad that Hank despised blogging so much, but at the same time, I do feel very strongly that it’s a completely different sort of writing. When I’m blogging, my goal is to get it written: to communicate the idea as succinctly as possible, and move on. When I’m writing fiction, that’s much more about quality before speed of production.

What I’d like to be able to achieve is to take that “get it written” stance back to my fiction: to silence my inner critic, and to actually get some fiction finished instead of endlessly writing half-works which I then abandon.

By: Joseph Arnone

Joseph Arnone — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:07:03 +0000

I think writing for a blog site is equally creative as writing in other forms of creative writing. Writing is writing and therefore certain priciples of craft must apply. I do not feel that there should be a respect drop for writers who post material on a blog site. I feel that blog writing is an additional for of creative writing in recent years and should not be taken for granted.

I think this is a big topic and more posts should be mentioned on your site my friend…thank you.

By: Ranjani

Ranjani — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:58:39 +0000

I’ve written significantly less since I started to redirect my attention towards other styles of writing like commentary and criticisms for my blog. My fiction writing has definitely suffered, and although the two pages I’ve written of my most recent work are good, I can’t gather the creativity to keep going with it. It’s frustrating :(

Although you’ve given me the idea to add some purely writing/brainstorming posts to my blog. We’ll see how that works :)

By: infmom

infmom — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:59:46 +0000

I may have to go back to writing fiction because blogging sure doesn’t pay the bills. Someone pay me to blog, quick! :)

Seriously, though, I’ve found that The Internet in general saps my creativity, and I’ve recently started to severely limit my online time. It’s amazing how much more I get done when I’m not zoned out in front of web site after web site.