With all the ideas in my head I never thought I’d see the day…
I have some sort of writers block going on. It’s not a case of having nothing to write about but a case of having so much to write about that I can’t finish anything off.
It has been a busy weekend but thats no excuse. I’ve just checked the drafts sitting waiting to be finished off for this block and theres at least 5 articles almost finished with another 3 just needing a little work done to them. Whats the problem you may ask? Well I just can’t find a way to finish them off that I’m happy with. I even started rewriting some of them completely which just makes things worse.
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One of the good things that came from all this however is that I’m starting to see things my kids could learn just from the processes involved in blogging. You are taught in school from an early age about how writing is structured and over time you learn how to plan out exactly what you are going to write before you write it. Which brings me to an idea that I’ve had kicking about for a while. A lot of people have problems with their children having a presence on the internet or even just having their photo uploaded in a public space somewhere. Personally I don’t see that much of a problem with it but everyone has their own limits. About the only thing I worry about is posting photos of my kids where they would be easily identifiable but then again I’m sort of like that with photos of myself anyway.
But on to the idea. I’ve seen many blogs out there written by young kids but actually typed up by their parents. If your wanting your kids to learn anything from blogging taking their words and fixing them so that they are grammatically correct and are spelled perfectly is the wrong way to go. Hopefully I’ll be able to encourage my step-son to ‘guest’ post on here in the near future. Kids these days may be more computer literate than previous generations but with text and l337 speak all the rage their grasp of the written language is sadly lacking. Hopefully this will encourage him to write about more than what his teacher asks him to write in his handwriting books at school.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:45 am
What a wonderful idea! My kid has started her own blog as well (she wants an iPhone and as Mom (yours truly) laughed hysterically at that notion, she decided to earn money online).
So far, it’s going pretty well!
Best wishes,
Barbara
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May 26th, 2008 at 11:58 am
Hi Bob,
My 12-year old is excited about getting into blogging, but can’t for the life of him decide on what to write about. Kids’ interests change so often - certainly when they’re young - that what seems great to him last month, is 100 per cent ‘meh’ the next. Of course, adults suffer from this problem, too.
As for your variation of ‘writers block’ - I’m in exactly the same place. Since I really started to focus on the direction of my blog, I’ve been able to generate loads ideas for great content. So much good stuff, in fact, that I’m having trouble deciding on what to put ‘out there’ first!
One good tip for articles that you kind of like, but aren’t 100 per cent happy with, is to save them for a rainy day. We all go through the real blogger’s block from time to time and it’s amazing how something you weren’t ready to publish X months ago suddenly seems exactly what the RSS feed ordered today!
Best of luck,
Sheamus
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May 28th, 2008 at 6:52 am
I’ve went from having loads to write but not being able to finish it to having loads to write but absolutely no time.
Just need to take a look at my other blog to have an idea of what I get up to on a daily basis to understand!
http://thegoodliferedux.wordpress.com