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Writing A Blog: She Regularly Contributes A Blog To The Magazine's Website

Blogs are online diaries where people write about their experiences, opinions, and emotions. They evolved from traditional handwritten diaries. While blogs, like diaries, contain personal accounts, blogs are published online for public view rather than private. This means bloggers must present their experiences in an engaging way for readers. Additionally, blogs allow for inclusion of visuals and links that diaries do not. The focus of blogs is more on communication and messaging rather than just self-expression like private diaries.

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Writing A Blog: She Regularly Contributes A Blog To The Magazine's Website

Blogs are online diaries where people write about their experiences, opinions, and emotions. They evolved from traditional handwritten diaries. While blogs, like diaries, contain personal accounts, blogs are published online for public view rather than private. This means bloggers must present their experiences in an engaging way for readers. Additionally, blogs allow for inclusion of visuals and links that diaries do not. The focus of blogs is more on communication and messaging rather than just self-expression like private diaries.

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WRITING A BLOG

Today, with easy access to computers and the Internet, people write their diaries
differently. From handwritten entries on a piece of paper or a notebook page, diaries in
contemporary times come in the form of line journals which are called blogs.
The term “blog” was first used in the 1990’s. It is a short version of “weblog,” or an
individualized piece of written work found on the web. It is defined below by dictionary.com.

noun
1. A website containing a writer’s or group of writer’s own experiences, observations, opinions, etc.
and often having images and links to other websites.
2. A single entry or post on such a website:
She regularly contributes a blog to the magazine’s website.

verb (used without object), blogged, blogging.


3. To maintain or add new entries to a blog.

verb ( used with object), blogged, blogging.


4. To express or write about on a blog:
She’s been blogging her illness for almost a year.

Blogs, like diary entries, are individual accounts of a writer’s experiences and emotions.
Thus, the viewpoint is usually personal and subjective. However, blogs are different from the
traditional journal or diary entry in the sense that blogs are uploaded to online platforms that
make it easier for bloggers (those who write blogs) to include visual features, as well as the links
to other sites on the net. Unlike diary entries, blogs are public in nature. This means that
bloggers, even if they write about personal issues, must present these issues in a way that would
interest the general public. Blogs, compared to diary entries, are more concerned with
communicating a message, rather than simply expressing or documenting an idea or emotion.
How does one create a blog? Go to wikihow.com and look up “How to start a blog.” The
site provides step-by-step instructions on how to create a blog from coming up with a concept,
starting a blog at blogger.com, launching a blog on WordPress, to promoting your blog. This
lesson, however, focuses on writing a blog entry.

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
Check your understanding by answering the following questions”
1. What is blog?
2. How is a blog similar to a journal or diary entry?
3. How is a blog different from a journal or diary entry?

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