I'm compelled to start this blog after reading Maria Hammaran chapter "Writing as a method of reflection" in the book Dialogue,Skill and Tacit Knowledge.
I guess this blog is really for my own personal benefit. Whilst I have other blogs where I care what people think about what I write, this blog is more personal. These are my musings, my stories. They are examples in my life.
I guess I want to let go a bit and be free -er to write what I like, to let my subconscious flow a little.
Also, my other blog is more on the lines of software testing. This blog is more about me I guess.
So why the Tale Tattler? I guess because I want through reflection to be able to start telling really good stories. Stories that people will want to read.
I want to put the I back in my writing. To do that I need to practise. I guess this blog is sort of my training ground.
Sometimes I might take thoughts from this blog and expand on them and use them in my other blog. I dont know yet. Time will tell.
I guess you could call this blog a stream of subconscious thought that has been reflected upon through writing.
Some of the things that really made me think about in this chapter are:
1) Use of the I in writing. Making work documenation more personal. Describing stories as opposed to general statements that are boring and dull. This is something I thought about a while ago, and I think it has stood the test of time. Why do we, when we write work documents, make our text so impresonal and dull? I think it would be better to describe a more personal experience. I think this is something I want to try out.
2) The use of speaking while writing. I think this is really important. James Bach suggested I do this when writing articles for magazines and this chapter also encourages to read aloud what you write. One way I could extend this is by recording what I write as podcasts. So instead of simply blogging, I read aloud what I've written. I wonder if this would make my experiences more personal and so more interesting?
I guess this blog is really for my own personal benefit. Whilst I have other blogs where I care what people think about what I write, this blog is more personal. These are my musings, my stories. They are examples in my life.
I guess I want to let go a bit and be free -er to write what I like, to let my subconscious flow a little.
Also, my other blog is more on the lines of software testing. This blog is more about me I guess.
So why the Tale Tattler? I guess because I want through reflection to be able to start telling really good stories. Stories that people will want to read.
I want to put the I back in my writing. To do that I need to practise. I guess this blog is sort of my training ground.
Sometimes I might take thoughts from this blog and expand on them and use them in my other blog. I dont know yet. Time will tell.
I guess you could call this blog a stream of subconscious thought that has been reflected upon through writing.
Some of the things that really made me think about in this chapter are:
1) Use of the I in writing. Making work documenation more personal. Describing stories as opposed to general statements that are boring and dull. This is something I thought about a while ago, and I think it has stood the test of time. Why do we, when we write work documents, make our text so impresonal and dull? I think it would be better to describe a more personal experience. I think this is something I want to try out.
2) The use of speaking while writing. I think this is really important. James Bach suggested I do this when writing articles for magazines and this chapter also encourages to read aloud what you write. One way I could extend this is by recording what I write as podcasts. So instead of simply blogging, I read aloud what I've written. I wonder if this would make my experiences more personal and so more interesting?
