Comments on: How Reading can Improve your Blogging

By: michael

michael — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:21:16 +0000

I was planning to write similar post for my Blog Reviews blog. It is good I came across this post thought. I would not be able to write as good.

By: vic

vic — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:08:05 +0000

Hey Darren, thanks for a good read. I know exactly what you mean. Sometimes when you blog, you don’t want to sound like a fool, so you’ll look up some information before you actually say it and you’re just more careful about what you post. Plus you try to write properly so you don’t come off as an idiot. A blog can share your thoughts, but it’s also a reflection of your education, like you said. Like that remark you made about learning and forgetting things in school, it’s true. Hopefully blogging won’t be like the term papers I wrote… you know everything there is to know about your topic and then it’s forgotten months later.

What do you think about video blogging though? That seems to be something new with the blogging community.

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By: DarrinW

DarrinW — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:15:46 +0000

I used to be a very active reader, while all the guys around me played and partied or snoozed. I would read A-Z on just about anything. But of late my reading have been taking a backseat,.. hmmm, if only I could find the time, amidst all the stuff I do. Ahh, the joys of reading and blogging…

By: cher

cher — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:01:33 +0000

Indeed it will also help in thinking creatively.

By: cher

cher — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:58:45 +0000

Darren, You right ! Reading will help us more in writing better. It makes our work easier and pretty cool.

By: Karen (misc mum)

Karen (misc mum) — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:04:29 +0000

Thanks again to you all for taking the time to comment. Glad you appreciated it

By: KWiz

KWiz — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 04:41:51 +0000

Hi Karen,
Your post is great. I talked about this very topic today on my blog as well, but from a slightly different vantage point. If we don’t read, and read consistently, we will become much less critical in our thinking, and we truly will have nothing to say at all!

By: Scorp

Scorp — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:59:37 +0000

Hey Darren, why not do a post and tell your readers to submit 10 of their favourite blogs that’s got good writing on them?

By: marek

marek — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:39:10 +0000

Darren, I agree. I love reading. I like how you put it.
The more we read the more we are prepared to write.
We learn style by reading.
We learn vocabulary by reading.
We learn spelling by reading.
Thank you.

By: widgetologist

widgetologist — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:16:34 +0000

Yes, and being a good writer can’t hurt when it comes to bringing in the dosh either :)

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:05:59 +0000

Great post. I’m a chronic reader, online and off, and it’s great for inspiration. I always have a lot of notes for ideas to develop at some point. I don’t even get to it all, but having partially developed ideas has always helped me to avoid writer’s block.

By: Dharmendra

Dharmendra — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:58:48 +0000

They say…read more , write less and that’ s what actually makes one more imaginative and creative with one’s blogs.

By: Matt Jones

Matt Jones — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:47:55 +0000

Interesting post. Your comment about what we learnt at school being lossed is very true for me especialy mid- A-levels!

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:56:15 +0000

An excellent post. I particularly agree with your statement about education being a commodity, it seems people are going to college to get the good job afterward, memorizing everything by rote and not retaining any of it. The result for me is I have to wade through a bunch of college grads, all of whom have excellent resumes, to find the one person who has learned something in college and can apply it to the job at hand.

Hopefully more people will take it to heart.

By: CoversGirl

CoversGirl — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:34:13 +0000

Lately I’ve had the opposite problem – I’ve been so busy catching up on library books that I’ve hardly had time to blog!

By: Benjamin Solah

Benjamin Solah — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:23:15 +0000

Great post!

The whole reason I came back to writing fiction was my English teacher suggesting I read more to build my vocabulary to sound smart in exams. She just awoke a muse that had been asleep for too long and look what she’s unleashed! :D

By: Quais Waseeq

Quais Waseeq — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:28:20 +0000

One of the most important things I notice/learn while reading is the different ways of using the same words. On most occasions we know most of the words we hear or read, but we can’t always put them together the same way in our own writings or speeches. That’s because we only know limited ways of using our vocabulary. Reading expands on that skill.

By: Karen (misc mum)

Karen (misc mum) — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 07:56:15 +0000

Thanks to all for your positive comments :)

By: Jonathan-C.

Jonathan-C. — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 07:38:25 +0000

Yet another inspiring and meaningful post! It’s true that reading helps improve your writing. How can we write if we don’t read other peoples’ work or blog(s), or read books? When you aspire to become successful at something you have to learn the ropes, and that’s usually done by studying already successful people :)

By: Ryan Holiday

Ryan Holiday — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 07:09:14 +0000

Great post as usual.

Aside from the actual knowledge benefits of reading, if you can become a trusted voice on good books, your site can turn regular profit off the recommendations.

With Tucker Max’s propensity for reading, he sells a solid 2000 books a month across his network. That’s found money. Seriously.