On writing for the web - writing well, that is

A part of my usual get the gray matter turning routine when hitting my desk is going through my bloglines feeds. Still not quite in full swing is not really an appropriate time to be hit right between the eyes

The web is a unique medium for the writer. I prefer writing for the web to writing for print. I appreciate the immediacy of the medium, and I enjoy the lack of boundaries between readers and writers. I welcome the unique set of challenges that writing for the web presents. I enjoy each moment that allows me to create new, faithful relationships with unsuspecting readers who encounter my voice.

So far, so good...

If I’ve done my job well, at least a handful of readers will indeed stay awhile.

(Please go read the rest of Gentle Reader, Stay Awhile; I Will Be Faithful by Amber Simmons - it's worth a read, I find. From A List Apart - a blog about webdesign that I enjoy*)

Oh my, I almost wish I hadn't read this. It sort of raises the bar...

I know I have this ambition to write. No, wait - more a need or a deep, deep wish than an ambition. But still, ever so often my fingertips itch to get on to the keyboard.

I must confess that much has been done merely to indulge myself, to satisfy this wish. An esay way to climb up Maslow's pyramid, so to speak.

And now this tells me to do it well? B*gger.

As we're quite far away from New Years Eve, I won't do promises. And quite a bit will probably still slip through the quality control sieve, course as it is.

But I believe that, going forward, I just may 'll have this little creature sitting peeking over my ear and squinting at the screen while I write, whispering: "Is she going to understand where you're coming from? Hey, that needs a backup, old buddy, it's far to crass on its own." And such.

And, with time, I may even end up appreciating it.

-----
* For many reasons, but also just for the small things - as the link to add a comment that reads: "Was it good for you, too?" ;)