Andrew Sullivan, a writer for The Atlantic, penned an article in this month’s issue about why he blogs. The man behind political blog The Daily Dish, Sullivan’s piece is thoughtful and honest, as well as great reading for those who have wondered why anyone, really, would commit themselves so fully to the blogosphere. A brief snippet of Sullivan’s wisdom:
No columnist or reporter or novelist will have his minute shifts or constant small contradictions exposed as mercilessly as a blogger’s are. A columnist can ignore or duck a subject less noticeably than a blogger committing thoughts to pixels several times a day. A reporter can wait—must wait—until every source has confirmed. A novelist can spend months or years before committing words to the world. For bloggers, the deadline is always now. Blogging is therefore to writing what extreme sports are to athletics: more free-form, more accident-prone, less formal, more alive. It is, in many ways, writing out loud.