Comments on: Finding Your Own Blogging Voice https://anitamathias.com/2010/10/04/finding-your-own-blogging-voice/ Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Wed, 01 Dec 2010 23:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Erin Owen https://anitamathias.com/2010/10/04/finding-your-own-blogging-voice/#comment-63881 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 23:11:50 +0000 https://anitamathias.com/2010/10/04/finding-your-own-blogging-voice/#comment-63881 Sorry Anita for the delay in reply. Yes, we are in Egypt long-term. And about the *voice* issue, well, I think I've gotten a better handle of finding what my blog's voice is. I don't know if I still agree with what I said about choosing a niche = choosing a voice. I think expat bloggers tend to be more story-oriented than anything else so maybe that is true.

And yes, I would agree that being too vulnerable on a blog isn't necessarily the way to go. You can reveal certain things about yourself but this doesn't mean you have to share EVERYTHING, right? Although at the same time it's important to be honest…

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2010/10/04/finding-your-own-blogging-voice/#comment-63889 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:17:32 +0000 https://anitamathias.com/2010/10/04/finding-your-own-blogging-voice/#comment-63889 Hello Erin,
Blogging is actually great for finding one's own voice. Rules which have helped me–and as I said, I have not yet found my voice on this blog, though I have on theoxfordchristian.blogspot.com–don't be afraid to look ignorant or foolish or stupid; don't fear people's judgements; don't make yourself look better than you are (at least, don't do that too much), be honest. I don't think blogging is the place to be vulnerable about one's current dilemmas, since it is read by tout le monde. But it is a great place to take risks in style and subject matter, and say what one really thinks and feels.
What are you doing in Egypt? Are you there long term?

]]> By: Erin Owen https://anitamathias.com/2010/10/04/finding-your-own-blogging-voice/#comment-63890 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:09:51 +0000 https://anitamathias.com/2010/10/04/finding-your-own-blogging-voice/#comment-63890 I have been pondering this point myself, trying to determine if my blog is really representing me or just some version of myself. But when we choose a blog niche, we are also – in a sense – choosing a voice as well. Maybe it's because we have to compete with the others in our niche or maybe it's because we're trying to reach the larger audience or maybe it's simply because we don't know who we are yet (well, not in a blog-sense, that is).

I'm working on it. From what I read, the only way to know is to keep writing, right? Everybody makes this look easy!

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