Our guest speaker on Tuesday was British writer Alan Smith. We were privilaged to have him as our guest because he has more of an international view on blogging. As a writer, Mr. Smith focused more on the rhetoric side of blogging. He is more of a critique of the grammar, spelling and other English based qualities. He was helpful to me as a blogger because one of the big blogging questions i had, finally been answered. Yes, grammar and sentence structure is a very important quality to a successful blog. Conforming to popular rhetoric and slang within a blog post is the quickest way to become viewed as cheap and immature.
As a writer, Alan was always trying to come up with new and improved writing styles in order to keep the attention of the viewer. He 110% sold his ideas to every publisher despite how negatively he viewed his writings. You have to sell the idea in order to even get thepublisher to consider reading it. Along with that, you actually have to have decent writing to get your work published. Another piece of advice Alan gave was that if you can't distiguish the apostrophe placement in your, you're, you might as well give it up!
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Every Photographers Dream
Big news!
I have been accepted to live in Orlando in a place where dreams truly do come true!
Sound dreamy?
Sound like a fairy tale?
Well, the shoe certainly fits because in January I will be flying out to Disney World to study photography in Disney's college program! This oppurtunity has lingered in my dreams since 2009 and i'm finally getting the chance to experience the reality! This will drastically effect my blogging as I will begin to use my blog to post pictures, experiences, and thoughts during this adventure. It will help my family and friends keep up with my life from many miles away! I am beyond excited and my excitement will only grow as the steps towards my career unfold! Stay Tuned!
I have been accepted to live in Orlando in a place where dreams truly do come true!
Sound dreamy?
Sound like a fairy tale?
Well, the shoe certainly fits because in January I will be flying out to Disney World to study photography in Disney's college program! This oppurtunity has lingered in my dreams since 2009 and i'm finally getting the chance to experience the reality! This will drastically effect my blogging as I will begin to use my blog to post pictures, experiences, and thoughts during this adventure. It will help my family and friends keep up with my life from many miles away! I am beyond excited and my excitement will only grow as the steps towards my career unfold! Stay Tuned!
Rhea Blog Assignment
Upon hearing Rhea's speech, he mentioned one quality of a succesful blog that stuck out to me. He continuously stated how important the quantity rather than the quality is when trying to maintain a succesful blog. Constantly updating and consistentally evolving the information is a sure fire way to get numerous hits. I have lots of work to do in regards to the amount of time i spend blogging yet, I find that the more I blog, the more interested in blogging I become. I hope to continue to grow and learn more about the art and business of blogging as to where i can use it as a more effective tool upon every post.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Kurt Hochenauer-Creator of Okie Funk
I had the privilege of hearing award winning blogger Dr. Kurt Hochenauer speak in class last Thursday and i was surprised to find how enthralled i was in what it takes to become a successful blogger today. Despite the fact that he has made most of his success back in 2008 and 2009, he still remains today as a strong willed, successful liberal blogger in an extremely right wing state. I don't want to say it was easier to break into the blogging scene when he first started in 2004, but there was certainly less competition. Back in 2004, there was around 2.5 million blogs. Now, however, there is upwards of 200 million blogs. That being said, Dr. Hochenauer did an excellent job converging his media to the changing scene. He switched blog platforms multiple times as he grew in popularity. That is a feat in itself, let alone the feat of remaining a valuable read as a liberal blogger in Oklahoma. Sure, he gets his fair share of criticism, as do most controversial writers out there.
His status as a writer has also grown since he began writing. He has held multiple writing and editing jobs for various newspapers from the beginning of his blogging career. He has worked at the Oklahoman, the Tulsa Tribune, and the Kansas City Star. One of the most honorable things i found about Dr. Hochenauer is that he purposely does not accept revenue from his blogs success. The ads that would be a result from him accepting the money, he says, would clutter and cheapen his blog and disappoint his readers. My view on blogging has changed, in that, i don't necessarily need to compromise my beliefs and morals to please my readership. As long as i stick to my guns, proofread my work, and blog often, I'm pretty much guaranteed hits.
If you are interested in reading his work click the link below
http://www.okiefunk.com/
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His status as a writer has also grown since he began writing. He has held multiple writing and editing jobs for various newspapers from the beginning of his blogging career. He has worked at the Oklahoman, the Tulsa Tribune, and the Kansas City Star. One of the most honorable things i found about Dr. Hochenauer is that he purposely does not accept revenue from his blogs success. The ads that would be a result from him accepting the money, he says, would clutter and cheapen his blog and disappoint his readers. My view on blogging has changed, in that, i don't necessarily need to compromise my beliefs and morals to please my readership. As long as i stick to my guns, proofread my work, and blog often, I'm pretty much guaranteed hits.
If you are interested in reading his work click the link below
http://www.okiefunk.com/
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