I think that the main difference between the writing we are doing on youth voices and the writing we do in other areas is how interesting it is to the writer. Blogs are often a personal subject that reflect the interests of the person who is writing the blog. Because of this, I think that the best blogs are about a subject that the author is very passionate about. I think that if the person can make the blog interesting to themselves there will invariably be other people who find it fascinating as well, regardless of issues such as length or images.

    In contrast the writing we do in the journal or for essays is a bit more formal and on a topic that might not be as interesting. I think this provides both positive and negative effects. Because the writing is more formal effort will probably be put into making sure everything is grammatically correct and the style of writing will be less stream of conciousness. On the other hand, the writing will be about a subject that the author is less interested in, and he or she will most likely have less interesting things to say about the subject matter. I  belive that the differences between the two forms of writing make both worthwhile for completely different reasons.