Keeping a Blog

For me, this semester of blogging has generally been a productive, idea-nurturing task. By maintaining a blog, I was able to explore the books I read in a more formal, in-depth manner. I feel more driven to read the novels more carefully and take mental notes of important parts. I also feel that I get more practice in writing because the blog forces me to take time to analyze my thoughts and structure my ideas. I would feel less incentive to do so if I knew that my writing was for a limited audience, but on a blog, nobody knows who could be reading what. For this reason, I highly appreciate the mandatory blog assignment and believe that it is a very effective requirement for any variety of courses.