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The last time I made a blog, it was a tumblr page that I’ve now, regrettably, let fall to the wayside. There wasn’t much on it, but with the recent information I’ve gained the reading, I found myself learning much more on how to keep a blog afloat when all my previous knowledge over blogs only included other Tumblr pages, my sister’s Substack, and a Brainpop video I watched over 10 years ago. 

During the reading, I had this appreciation that Briggs writes the chapter as if it’s a blog itself because it helps with the understanding on how to balance a conversational flow yet informative content within the updates. The world of blogging can bring a personal element to how news gets delivered, and while I see why some may think readers are the bloggers friends, I think that can create a parasocial dynamic to think that way, but readers being a huge part of the interactive side of it all does create more so a sense of community rather than friendship. Blogs being an ongoing conversation does make sense, but usually conversations do have transitions into different topics, so blogs are constantly evolving just like people do in their lives.

I think to compare blogs to “plants that you’ve got to nurture” is an overused (although not entirely wrong) analogy, so I think my blog is going to be like a painting that you do on the fly: start throwing things onto the canvas and pray it looks pretty by the end so you can frame it. I’ve got a lot to learn and definitely have some practice to get in, and by the end of this, I might look into reopening that tumblr page if I can remember the password. If there was something you’d have to try again, what would it be?

That’s all for now, folks!