Wednesday 8th September 2010
byI’ve lost and found and changed the point of this blog so many times that it almost seems silly to keep it up. However, I think it’s a good example of the way a mind changes as it works through itself. The goals of the blog have changed as I have changed and they’re changing yet again. I hope this time the changes will be more permanent.
Goals for the past have included sharing what I’m doing and reading and thinking about, aggregating some of the work that I’m doing in other places around the web and linking to sites for other people. These conflicting goals have created a spot here that’s haphazard and unclear. I suppose that is much the same as my real “diary”. (I prefer the term journal.)
What I’m really wanting to do with this blog is to stop treating it like any kind of other blog that I do. I do a lot of writing for clients across a diverse range of different blogs. I have become so accustomed to writing in the traditional blog style that it’s crept into my other writing. For example, keywords have infiltrated all types of writing that I do.
I want to break through that and get back to writing from a truer voice. I’ve started that by doing some other types of writing – such as poetry and lyrics – that is so different in style that it’s easier to get out of the mold of my work writing. I want to expand that and I think this blog is a good place to do that. A smart chick always pushes herself towards her most genuine goals.
So what’s the point of Diary of a Smart Chick? It’s to share what I hope are smart thoughts and information but in a way that reflects my real voice. By this I mean the voice that I use in my own journal and creative writing, the voice that my mind thinks in (as opposed to the traditional voice I’ve grown so accustomed to using in so many blogs and articles). I think this will ultimately help me to learn what I want as a writer.
I’m working on it. And I hope that the result is writing that readers will enjoy for what it is rather than what it links to. We shall see. Day one …
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Sounds like a great idea! I’ve struggled with the “point” of my blog many a day, debating whether this topic or that would be appropriate, etc. But I’ve really been trying to focus on the idea that it is my blog, created to develop my voice, and get my thoughts and ideas out there, so if something is of interest to me enough to want to write about it, then it belongs on my blog, especially as a break from the academic writing I was doing when I started it as a student!
Good luck with finding your own voice!
@Kathleen … Thanks so much for the support! -Kathryn