So magazine vet Simon Dumenco is saying that blogs are just writing and that he underlying creative/media function remains exactly the same.
Dialogue – Not Agreement – Is The Sign Of An Effective Newsletter
For those of you old enough to have never seriously considered getting your tongue pierced, you may recall the 1992 US presidential elections, principally involving Bill Clinton, George Bush and Ross Perot.
My memory of the specifics is a bit hazy, but one thing about that election has stayed with me. Everywhere you went that year, you’d run into passionate Perot supporters – handing out leaflets, wearing buttons, eager to engage anybody and everybody in a debate on the virtues of their candidate.
Narrative and Dialogue : A Contrast Of Writing Styles
One of the nice things about being an author is that we can Break any rule we want. (I just did.) It’s part of our job description. Language changes through usage — definitions, spelling, grammar — and authors can help it do this. But on the other hand, we have to have some sort of agreement on the language or we won’t be able to talk to each other.