I read a post No Comment on Chris Brogan's blog. Have a few thoughts.
Blogging facilitates the act of 'expressing'. And typically this 'expressing' happens in words, sometimes pictures or videos. Talking about words, it's all about story telling. And we all know that it's an art. How easy or tough is it to master an art? Depends on how much you practice that art. So, if you've just started blogging and if you are not a known personality in general, you've only got started on the journey. You've only begun expressing. Stories are yet to come and they'll come if you keep at it.
There are some worldly norms too. Not sacrosanct but simply observed. If you are first at something you have greater chances of becoming known. If your subject area has already been thrashed by a hundred or thousand other guys and you do not have substantially new stuff to say or new way of saying things, you could have a tough time gaining popularity.
Besides, why is it that people maintained private diaries in earlier times (even now many do)? They had amazing thoughts jotted in their diaries but never had any 'traffic' or 'commenters'. Wonder what was the motivation… One can call it an outlet for pent up thoughts, emotions, etc. Or a cathartic activity. Or a storage of memories.
The key is to keep writing. You'll grow whether people comment or not.
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