Sullivan point blankly says, “The
points of this essay, for example, have appeared in shards and fragments on my
blog for years.” I took this as his way of saying, ‘I blog as a rough draft to
receive unfiltered critiques, so I can collaborate the posts into a nice well
written formal article.’
To be honest it felt like Sullivan was
very indecisive to begin with, but as soon as I read the last 2 paragraphs it
all made sense. He is right, blogging is like jazz, and it should stay that
way. “Jazz and blogging are intimate, improvisational, and individual- but also
inherently collective.” Sullivan’s writing shows that a blog is meant stay online,
and to take bits and pieces to formulate a column is not okay. The whole article
felt a bit choppy and distracted. It wasn’t till the very end that I was
capable of understanding what his intentions were and what the hell he wanted
to say. In fact I didn’t even really begin to take notes ‘till the every end…
I absolutely agree that blogging
“exposed a hunger and need for traditional writing…[and also] enabled writers
to write out loud in ways never seen or understood before.” After reading the article my final thoughts
on what Sullivan has said are that, when you’re blogging and when you are
writing there is definitely a different thought process. I believe it is safe
to say that Sullivan blogs not only as a “draft” to his articles, but also as a
way to gain a different stance on writing.
Good attention to that jazz metaphor. Sullivan was writing this initially for a print magazine and a readership that might not be so hip blogs, so he used a lot of metaphors to describe why he likes blogging. I liked how you set the quotes in a different type, by the way. They jump out.
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