I have to be honest, the art of blogging isn't an easy thing. It took me a number of failed attempts to even get a decent number of blog posts behind me. Not necessarily well written, or thoughtful, or informative. Just.... well, behind me. At first, I just assumed it was me and I just couldn't get the knack of it. But in speaking to more and more people, I've discovered there are many people who have a similar feeling of just "being stuck" when it comes to writing. People start blogs, then abandon them when they lose the inspiration. Even worse, trying to hack away at a blog "because I was told I have to have one." Again, not really finding the motivation there.
While I understand that blogging can be tough for a number of reasons, I also know that, once you pick up enough steam, blogging can really be rewarding. I'm lucky enough to be surrounded by an embarrassment of proof that there are a wide variety of people who are, indeed, blogging. Let's not talk about the number of students we have blogging as part of their coursework. I promise to save that for another day. But let us do talk about some ways we can start--and reduce the barriers to--blogging for ourselves.
