a blog is the opposite of a diary

            I agree with Andrew Sullivan when he says blogging is the opposite of writing in a diary. A blog is written with the intention of other people, often strangers reading the author’s thoughts and feelings. For that reason I feel like one reason why Sullivan blogs is to be a risk taker, to add a little excitement in his life. Writing is not always the most exhilarating process but the idea of posting writing on the Internet for anyone to read adds a certain amount of risk and thrill. Blogs can be published instantly after they are written, a task that is impossible for newspaper articles or magazines and other forms of print. Because blogs are typically more personal than a newspaper article, with each new post, the author becomes even more vulnerable than before. Anyone with Internet has immediate access deep into the lives of the blogger. Sullivan is fully aware of the risks he is taking by blogging. He writes, “But blogging requires an embrace of such hazards, a willingness to fall off the trapeze rather than fail to make the leap” (3). Not all risk end in success but the fact that he is willing to take those risks even if he fails shows his courageousness. He understands not everyone one will agree with him or what he writes but he blogs anyway. He blogs because he enjoys the process and knows there are people out there who enjoy reading it, but he does not try to please everyone. Staying true to himself, as a writer is his first priority, how many followers he has is less important.