Rebecca Blood's Blog

http://www.rebeccablood.net/essays/weblog_history.html

The blogger, by virtue of simply writing down whatever is on his mind, will be confronted with his own thoughts and opinions. Blogging every day, he will become a more confident writer...Being met with friendly voices, he may gain more confidence in his view of the world; he may begin to experiment with longer forms of writing, to play with haiku, or to begin a creative project--one that he would have dismissed as being inconsequential or doubted he could complete only a few months before.

I've always had a difficult time getting whatever is on my mind out. Not that I can't say what's on my mind, but more like wording and explaining. I hope that made sense...maybe blogging will help me become a more confident and better writer. I certainly hope what Rebecca said will apply to me.

Until I read Rebecca's blog, I wasn't even aware that blogs existed 10 years ago. Probably because I never really used the internet til I started high school. I've always wondered how the word "blog" was coined. And now I know.