Notes for Week 3

1) For your next blog post, I want you to consciously go out of your comfort zone in some way and write about that experience. It can be a small thing—wearing a new pair of shoes, trying something unusual on a restaurant menu—or a big(ger) thing—venturing into a part of town you've never visited before. The point is not to be made uncomfortable as much as to try something new. Make this experience a story—a blog post, even!

2) Your assigned text for week 3 is "Why I'm Breaking Up With My Blog," by Tracey Chappell. Please read the post and come to class ready to answer the following questions:

• What does this piece have to tell us about the history of blogging? 
• What does Chappell have to tell us about how blogging can shape and enhance one's life?
• What of her blogging advice is useful to you?
• What have her challenges in blogging been? 
• Tracey Chappell died in May 2015. She's enormously missed by her family and her writing community. How does knowing about her death change the meaning of what she's written here?