Why Blogging in a Community is Better than Blogging Alone
For me blogging alone is barren. You have no comments, corrections, suggestions, ideas, discussing. After all, your writing production is static. Community is like a paradise in a dry desert for who likes to make the most of all advantages of blogging.
Community blogging makes you enlarge your idea's range or just choose what to write by inspiring in other member's blogs. When you're in an active group, you start noticing what readers like and what they don't and how you can explore better the topic which you are willing to write about. So, you know what path to follow next posts because you have a feedback of paritcipants.
Community can also boosts your motivation to carry on writing when you feel demotivated to write. That's one of the coolest aspects of being part of an active community in my view. I love when some members propose creative writing challenges as here on MyEC.
The potencial friendship that can emerge in a blog post after a comment makes you not only known among members but also can bring you external language practice benefits. That expresses through conversations in chats. You can contact the closest members to you for brushing up skills or learn new things by voice or writing.
Critics and sugestions can make you develop more and more as blogger. Just put in practice what was sent to you and see what happens next. Your blog experience will really evolve. Active and committed communities can teach valuable lessons for their bloggers.
Corrections are also one of the advantages of being part in a community. Maybe you'll never be alone in your doubts. Just ask and probably you will have your questions answered.
Comments for me, are the most important reward for bloggers. Blogs are made to be read. They prove you are being read and sometimes corrected. So, isn't it that bad to be in a community, is it?
So, let's take advantage of these cool benefits we have in communities for blogging together here.
Comments
Great!
I'm pleased that you keep blogging about last month's writing challenge, even though the Blogathon is over.
You described all the points very well Daniel! Nicely written! For me the most important is motivation, but all are important also.