Readers come to this blog for many reasons. Over the last eighteen months, CopyWrite has built a subscriber base of regular readers from a number of different backgrounds. But this can lead to confusion when the post that prompted someone to subscribe is followed by a seemingly complete change of topic. Is this blog about marketing, comics, films – what is it? The truth is that this place was always intended to cover my ideas and thoughts as a writer.
As I currently work as a copywriter, marketing manager and occasional journo, obviously those topics pop up regularly. SEO, online marketing, ways to use Twitter, brand issues etc all crop up in the daily struggle to construct words into business webpages and readable magazine articles. These topics have made CopyWrite a popular fixture on the Aussie marketing blogosphere.
But I also write scripts – film scripts, comic scripts, any kind. I’ve yet to start the great Australian novel, but there’s no reason why that won’t become a feature in the future.
And then there’s the language itself; grammar, punctuation, the varied and wonderful uses that words can be put to. Plenty of fascinating thoughts there as well.
In short, writing is a very broad topic.
Ranking the Best Aussie Writing Blogs
With so many Aussie writers - both amateur and professional - now blogging, it seems a good idea to identify the best of the best in one place. Screenwriting blogs, copywriting blogs, blogs from novelists, poets and grammar Nazis, amateur writers starting out or professional published writers sharing their experience – anything that discusses the experience of being a writer and putting words in the right order.
But what constitutes a writing blog? I've decided to focus on blogs that actively discuss the art of writing or present original poetry, fiction etc. So being a writer isn't itself enough to get you on the list. Publishing a book but only blogging about your holidays doesn't make it a writing blog.
So send me your recommendations now. Let me know which are the best Aussie writing blogs out there. To qualify, the blog must talk about specific writing topics at least 50% of the time, have an RSS feed and comments (I want blogs, not websites) and be written by someone residing in Australia.
