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Very cute post!

posted by Original_Influence on May 18, 2006 at 4:40 AM | link to this | reply

i guess it really depends on your purpose for writing!

if its to get stuff written and your thoughts out there like on blogit then do it but if you write for a paper or something then you must be mindful of your audience!

posted by littlemspickles on May 13, 2006 at 5:28 PM | link to this | reply

if we can't write without worrying, aren't we defeating ourselves...

and why we're here on Blogit?

posted by Rumor on May 9, 2006 at 5:55 AM | link to this | reply

my father has a succession of diaries that has been peeked into

on occasion (with his knowledge).  general consensus is that he's writing with the ego/idea that it will someday be read by everyone.  it's extremely edited with no honest feelings being recorded, more like events and "i did this" and "i did that".  makes for rather dry reading.

 

posted by fourcats on May 3, 2006 at 3:12 PM | link to this | reply

Tiger: Intresting Maxium

Though it is one of those deep concepts that need a bit of reflection before it becomes real.

Thank you for sharing

posted by Captain_Gulliver on May 3, 2006 at 10:10 AM | link to this | reply

Scriber

 you're actually right about the write like nobody's reading". That's what I was going to put in initially and didn't even notice the typo until you pointed it out - ironically enough, it's going right on topic with this essay!

posted by tigerprincess on May 3, 2006 at 9:42 AM | link to this | reply

It's just my contribution to rock 'n roll.

posted by JasonScyte on May 3, 2006 at 8:05 AM | link to this | reply

write as if no one is reading, which is close to the truth.

posted by scriber on May 3, 2006 at 7:55 AM | link to this | reply

I like that. "Write like nobody's watching."

posted by JasonScyte on May 3, 2006 at 7:48 AM | link to this | reply

I often sense that people are reading but not commenting

for whatever reason.  I think that is best to write without worrying about who may read. I learnt over time to worry less and I have learnt that whatever we may think is outrageous or risky rarely seems so to the reader so we might as well go the whole hog

posted by Azur on May 2, 2006 at 8:37 PM | link to this | reply

Good Advice!

I know a few people who could use it! I'll tell them to build paragraphs like nobody's looking!

DM

posted by Dennison..Mann on May 2, 2006 at 1:48 PM | link to this | reply

That is a good idea!

posted by Whacky on May 2, 2006 at 12:13 PM | link to this | reply