The Bloggers With The Most To Say
Is there a difference between Bloggers and Writers?
Do you think so?
Generally, I'm a life blogger. I write about my life on a daily basis. However, this doesn't stop me from striving to present my life with quality writing, as opposed to basic, ragged 'dear diary,' crap. I still have a respect for words, and more importantly- I respect other people's time, so if they stop to read my blog, I don't want to waste it.
This has caused some people to say things such as "You're not a blogger, you're a writer," or "this feels more like a novel than someone's life."
I follow a large number of blogs, but I personally find that the ones tend to follow most regularly are written by people who have a good sense of words, how to use them, how to make the point they were trying to make, and know what it is they are trying to say.
How do you feel about this? Do you think there is a difference between bloggers and writers?
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Ti on -
I am of the thought that "writer" is an overarching term and "blogger," "novelist," "columnist," etc. are all subcategories of "writer," meaning that yes, a blogger is a writer, but no, they are not synonyms.
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Permalink Reply by Tim B on -
My follow up post on this for anyone who may be interested. It does include a little bit of feedback from this thread as to what the difference between a blogger and a writer may be.
http://inurbase.wordpress.com/2012/02/12/why-bloggers-arent-necessa...
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Permalink Reply by Melbourne on my mind on -
It's a tough question. Not all writers are bloggers and not all bloggers are writers. I mean, I've read some pretty godawful books - so bad that I've actually yelled "HOW DID THIS CRAP GET PUBLISHED?!" out loud. Similarly, I've read some pretty terrible blogs. You know, the ones that are all "And then I had pizza for lunch. And then my friend texted me. Lol."
But then you come across the quality blogs, like Jorah's, where you can't help but want to read more because it's so beautifully written. Between my blog and working as a museum curator, I've done a lot of writing. But I wouldn't really consider myself a writer. Jorah and a lot of other awesome 20SBers, on the other hand......
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Permalink Reply by Emma on -
I consider myself purely a blogger. I can write well, I can tell a story with words, but I tend not to do that on my public blog. Maybe it's because of most of the other blogs I read, but my blog is more froth than actual substance a lot of the time. My private blog, on the other hand? I consider myself to be a writer there, because I write with more emotion and narrative.
As Gina said, some bloggers may be writers, and some writers can be bloggers, but not all bloggers are writers. In fact, I'd say about 60% of the blogs I follow are written by bloggers and not writers. They may be writers in other aspects of their life, but their blog is too 'light' and superficial for me to see them as anything but a blogger.
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Permalink Reply by Tim King on -
Yes there is. Bloggers are just wordsmiths who are smart enough to refuse the mantle of "writer".
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Permalink Reply by Sophie Leach on -
I'm not sure there is a massive difference - it is a very fine line. For example, I love to read blogs by life casters, about day-to-day things, which you don't really get in books, but I also refuse to read anything with bad grammar, like a book! I can't imagine that the professional writing is the only defining factor as to whether I read something, but it certainly helps, and I like to think that my blog is well enough written that people can appreciate that :)
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Permalink Reply by Athena on -
I do think some bloggers could definitely fall under the category of writers. A lot of bloggers make a living out of their blog, and have a great writing style. Those are the blogs that have hundreds (or even thousands) of readers and that everybody loves. However, a lot of people aren't incredibly talented with words, probably wouldn't be very good at writing a book, but still enjoy writing 'dear diary' crap, however few people may read it.
There is definitely a difference between bloggers and writers, but you can be both at the same time. You just need the talent to achieve the level of writer.
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