As regular readers now, I’ve disappeared a little bit in the last week to reassess what this blog is all about. I hesitated to do that because I think that a good blog is kept updated with near-daily posts. However, I also think that a good blog has a vision and a purpose …. and that it’s able to be adapted to better align itself with that purpose.
The purpose of Real Words is to share the honest insight that I have about being a freelance writer from doing the work that I do. It’s about saying, “here’s what I read, here’s what I write, here’s what I think about it”. The hope is that other freelance writers (especially, but not only, beginning freelancers) can see what it’s like to do web writing work for a living. While I think that some of my writing on the site has achieved this, I think that some of it has drifted from that purpose and I want to make sure that I bring it back.
So here are some of the changes that I’m making on the blog and some of the things that I’m keeping the same:
- Inspired! will be sticking around as a daily column which shows off all of the things that inspire me as a writer. However, it’s going to be more tightly focused to show others exactly what that inspiration means for my writing.
- Green Writing wll be sticking around as a weekly column on Tuesdays because I continue to think that it’s important to work to be greener in the business of web writing.
- Creative Reading (book suggestions which are designed for writers and/or artists) will crop up now and then as I get a chance to read them and react to them.
- Weekend job links will be going away. They were something I was doing primarily as a service to others in the field because I know that there aren’t a lot of job link sources out there and there definitely are few on the weekends. However, it doesn’t seem to be a part of the site that people particularly enjoy and it doesn’t add to the true purpose of the site.
- There will be more showcasing of my own work. Instead of just links to what I’ve been up to, I’ll also be adding some insight here and there as to how I approached the writing and what I got out of it.
Hopefully these changes will make the blog better. They begin soon!
May 1st, 2008 at 10:21 am
Congrats, Kathyrn, on taking some time to really think about your blog, and make the effort to make the best damn blog you can. Inspiring and encouraging. Best of luck!
May 5th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
very informative: your blog’s a great help to beginning writers like myself. thanks a lot! you’re in my blogroll by the way.
June 3rd, 2008 at 3:50 am
Cool~I look forward to the new format. You’re so good about keeping updated on your blog–unlike me!
June 21st, 2008 at 9:48 am
That’s really great! So, we all will be looking up for updated articles on the new format and are sure that you’ll keep up the promise, as usual!!