The Writing of My Life

This blog will be a little different from my last post. In this post I will be writing about the things that I have learned about blogging and my journey through it.

A thing or two about writing...

I have learned a lot by writing for my blog. Writing on my blog has given me the opportunity to express my thoughts in different topics, and experiences that I go through. My readers are able to read about things that they may never have the opportunity of experiencing. 



I have also learned how blogging online works. I get to choose the pictures, fonts, colors, and headlines that will appear here. I would like to work mire on the design of my blog and customize it to fit a style that represents who I am and what I want to share with others.

Cinder(elsa)...

When I first started my blog, I wanted to give advice to other college students. I still try to do that once in a while, but my blog has become more like a journal. My blogpost recently have been more about the events or things that I have been going through as a college student.

Later on...

Blogging is important to my major. As a Mass Communications major, I know that my blogging will help improve my writing skills that I will be able to use later on in the career that I end up in.

The impact...

I first started this blog because of a class assignment. I did not know how to actually start it, but I had a vision on what I wanted it to look like. Through my class I was able to learn how to build my blog into what it is now. Blogging has impacted me in a positive way. I have learned to write better, and express myself. The most important lesson that I have learned is that the words you use when you blog can impact the message that you are wanting others to understand or learn about. 

Best wishes,

E.R.

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