I thought for a really long time on what I wanted to write my blog on; and I really do mean a long time. I spent hours at my computer looking through blogs, promising myself I was being productive because this was for a class. I found a lot of amazing blogs and writers, and I had several ideas but couldn\u2019t settle down on one. The thought that kept plaguing me was: \u201cwho is even going to care about what I\u2019m writing? What\u2019s the point?\u201d I kept thinking of my blog in terms of what the cyber-world–however big or small that might be–would want to read. In an attempt at further procrastinating, I decided to take my mind off of it by watching a Harry Potter movie–a classic film choice for a 19 year old, sophomore girl, right? I then realized, as I was watching alone, that I had a lot to say about this movie but no one to say it to, and there hatched my idea.<\/p>\n
My plan is to write a blog post in response to a movie for every blog assignment. Since I\u2019m incredibly indecisive in nature (I\u2019m not sure if that was made obvious or not in the previous paragraph), I\u2019m having other people choose the movie I watch. I plan to ask my friends, family, professors, etc., what their favorite movies are and why. I’ll\u00a0write a short blurb at the opening of my post explaining the choice and my relationship with the person choosing. I also plan to watch the movie with my two roommates to get two other perspectives and see how they differ from my own.<\/p>\n
I want to write in a way that\u2019s very raw and unfiltered, just my pure thoughts and takeaways from the movie without completely summarizing. I\u2019ve gotten a lot of inspiration from Matt Bellassai\u2019s \u201cWhine About It\u201d weekly vlog where he gets drunk off wine and \u201ccomplains about stuff.\u201d (Here\u2019s one of his videos talking about college kids, which I deemed fitting for my college class).<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RApiFNU9fvM<\/p>\n
He talks about things that bother him personally, but other people like watching him and they relate to him; and so, my hope is to achieve something similar. Another blog that exemplifies this style pretty well is “Betches Love This.<\/a>” Though almost everything on that blog makes me feel as though it\u2019s a step back in the fight for gender equality, ending body shaming, promoting a healthy image for young girls, etc., the tone of voice is so honest, straightforward, and unapologetic. I\u2019ll use this as an inspiration for my voice, but hopefully less mean and degrading.<\/p>\n I could not find any blogs that had done what I\u2019m trying to do, which is both encouraging and intimidating. The closest thing I could find was \u201cThe Movie Guys.<\/a>\u201d They claim to write funny reviews, but I don\u2019t think I laughed once reading them. This could probably be because I\u2019m not their target audience, which made me question who my target audience will be. I\u2019m not entirely sure yet and it might just be me and my roommates, but I’m okay with that for right now. You’ve got to start somewhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I thought for a really long time on what I wanted to write my blog on; and I really do mean a long time. I spent hours at my computer looking through blogs, promising myself I was being productive because … Continue reading