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By: maria@moneyprinciple

maria@moneyprinciple — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 07:48:11 +0000

I am with Aloysa and 101 Centavos on this one. Bloggers (and blogs)vary greatly. Some bloggers are terrific writers; others are not even good diarists; and yet another group are fairly mediocre. There is a very large difference between ‘writing’ and ‘being a writer’.

I want the latter but still don’t come veen close – not completed my 10,000 hours yet. Blogging is part of the practice.

By: Dominique Brown

Dominique Brown — Tue, 29 May 2012 15:36:34 +0000

I consider myself a writer in training. My blog is the writing practice I need.

By: Donna Freedman

Donna Freedman — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:38:28 +0000

Bloggers are writers in that they put words on paper. (Well, on a computer screen.)
If you define “writer” as someone who earns money at it, then obviously not all bloggers are writers.
I’m both: I write for a living (MSN Money, Get Rich Slowly) but I also have my own website — which, I must confess, I have trouble thinking about as a “blog.” Probably that’s because of some of the dismissive/pejorative notions people have of blogs and bloggers.
As Bridget noted above, blogging doesn’t go through an editor. I disagree with her assessment that a lack of editorial oversight means that blogging isn’t as good. We ALL need editors. We really, really do.

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:42:19 +0000

Sure, I think bloggers are writers. I would consider myself both, a blogger and a writer. Like with books or other scholarly writing there is some good writing and some bad writing. It is however, writing, and it can take a good amount of effort to craft a well written blog post.

I think bloggers as a whole tend not to take themselves very seriously, and the writing can quite often be more casual, but I don’t think that means we should sell ourselves short! Be a proud blogger and writer!

By: eemusings

eemusings — Sun, 13 May 2012 21:29:09 +0000

As a professional writer and hobby blogger, my thoughts:

Writing is writing. A love letter. An email that gets things done. A report. A memo. A blog. A journal.

Some writing is more creative than other writing. More fulfilling. More compelling. But (like in my post about reading last week) I think that while not all writing is necessarily equal, we should celebrate it nonetheless.

I don’t usually need to put a ton of thought or effort into the news stories I write – OTOH, while some of the features and profiles just seem to write themselves, others are a bit of a struggle.

With blogging, some of the posts I write also seem to write themselves – they just flow out of me, and they wouldn’t take any more work than a basic, straight article. But some I labour over and spend aaaaages editing and rewriting…and generally I find I’m still not completely happy with! (Case in point – last week’s post on authenticity. But I got close enough.)

Blogging, for me, really runs the whole spectrum in terms of time and effort put into crafting posts. Generally it’s less than I put into my professional work, but there are exceptions where the work that goes into a post is on par with the work that might go into a feature.

By: Andrew @ 101 Centavos

Andrew @ 101 Centavos — Sun, 13 May 2012 17:09:12 +0000

I’ll take a “no” on this one.

Good writing is hard. Merely blogging about one’s shopping trip, or vacation, or monthly income does not a writer make.

There are some bloggers out there with some talent, but they’re in the minority, especially in the PF space.

Apologies in advance if this offends anyone. Just an opinion.

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By: B. (Below Her Means)

B. (Below Her Means) — Sat, 12 May 2012 18:18:25 +0000

I was/am a bookworm my whole life too. I think that if you’re writing, in any medium and regardless of quality, you’re a writer. Who is anyone to discount another?