Just Look At Me, Writing For The Web

I'm supposed to start a writing journal for my 'Writing For The Web' paper I'm doing and post the pages on the forum but I'm much more comfortable posting on here instead. That way I have a lasting copy as well - hopefully I'll be able to see my style develop and grow. I feel like when I write I just type my inner monologue, which in some ways is good but perhaps a little confusing to any readers. Ever since I was little my drawing has been labelled "expressive" (aka messy, showing little patience) and my writing "chatty". Perhaps because I am naturally both wildly emotional (expressive) and noisy (chatty). I hope that as I've gotten older that some sort of technique and skill was also added to the mix but maybe that's one of the reasons I'm doing this paper?

Anywho, I'm supposed to finish a list...

- Using your knowledge of the Web so far, use your writer's journal to record five ways in which writing for the Web is different from writing for print.

1. Web writing has to be more concise, due to the lack of patience in most readers on the Net.

2. There are more gramatical errors on the net, I think the 'click and you're published' contributes to that, along with fewer editors.

3. There is more freedom in Web writing, the styles can be incredibly informal, unlike printed writing where there are rules for everything.

4. Web writing is a changeable median unlike writing for print so it can be updated to keep it constantly relevant.

5. Translating Web writing takes two seconds, and so is more accessible to many different types of people.

- Which sites are easy to read and which sites are difficult? Why?

I think Blogs and most Newspaper sites are relatively easy to read because each post/article tends to be read in a few minutes and quite often collaborates with images or video to keep the reader interested. Although, I think this particular post might be a bit too long...

- What is the most exciting, interactive site that you can find? Why is it such fun?

I'm not sure whether I'd use the term "exciting" and it probably just goes to show how lame I've become but 'Facebook' would probably have to be the most interactive site I can find, or even 'Wikipedia'. Obviously because most of the content is written by the readers, by people you know and by yourself. This makes it a personal experience to each user and is one of the reasons those sites are so incredibly popular.

- What is the most boring site you can find? Why is it so boring?

I'd say the most boring site I can find is this one, it's boring because it is about someone I don't know, written about something I know nothing about and don't really want to know anything about. I'd say that the boring sites are very subjective to each person, it depends on your interests, networks and how long your attention span is for reading.

Right, now that that's done I shall get some shut eye and post it on my Journal Forum.