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Writer's Block: Scribblings from Memory
I’ve never seen a weblog quite like this one before.
This isn’t your average, run-of-the-mill, this-is-what-happened-to-me-today weblog. Rather then current events, the author decides to take the readers on a journey through her family’s lives years ago. Whether they’re memories she’s experiences, or stories she’s been told, there’s so much recollection throughout the posts that it nearly seems like a history book.
The design is a slightly modified Blogger template. It’s one of the better ones to choose from, and by using this one, it really puts the main focus of the site on the words, which is definitely where it should be in this instance. The black and white pictures that are posted along the sidebar are a wonderful touch to both the layout, and to give you an idea of what the author’s family is actually like. After all, the entire time you’re reading the site, you’re picturing them in your head.
The entries are like reading through a photo album, but Trish gives you the image through her words, allowing you to see it the way you perceive it. The entries aren’t really that of a personal weblog, but more along the lines of very tiny chapters in a historic or genealogical novel of some type. It’s a different type of weblog, but I’m certain it’s own that could draw a very nice following. It may be the type of thing you’re looking for. Give it a shot and see.
This site was reviewed on 2003-02-19 by Wendy.
They felt this site belonged in the Personal category.
Wendy felt that Writer's Block: Scribblings from Memory deserved a rating of 4.
Once again I come to a blog and have no starting point or basis from which to understand where the writer is coming from. Who are you? Where are you? How old? Why are you blogging? Some basic info about the writer would help readers to relate.
The older entries were not in typical paragraph sentence form but were long winded poetic reflections of a time and place in the author's past. It was somewhat Ginsburg-ish. There is a lot of description... which I found cumbersome at times. Can there be too much of a good thing? I think this style would be better suited to a book of poetry. This style may appeal to other readers however.
Most of the content focuses on the writer’s family and events in her life such as the birth of her daughter or trips to the hospital for her ill father. My favourite entry was from 8.13.2002 which I will only share a piece of... (I encourage you to read the whole thing)
"I come across a slip of paper taped to a cubbyhole in the desk. Document "Uncle Henry" and "Aunt Daisy" in family history it says. For a moment, I wondered what in the world, then a split second later I smiled, remembering Mom telling me last year, in the midst of her first flush of grief and confusion. "I want to tell you before I forget..." "Uncle Henry" and "Aunt Daisy" were Mom and Dad's code phrases in their early love letters to each other"
Overall a solid but somewhat brief read. A few things: the picture links are all dead for many of the archive entries. The layout is clean but could use a bit more zip. The archives go back nearly a year but there are only a few entries but month... clearly the website is very well named. :) I felt the blog read like a script for A&E’s Biography at times. This isn’t a bad thing, but if you aren’t interested in John Doe’s story you will likely turn the channel.
This site was reviewed on 2003-02-19 by obz.
They felt this site belonged in the Personal category.
obz felt that Writer's Block: Scribblings from Memory deserved a rating of 3.5.
2 reviewers gave Writer's Block: Scribblings from Memory an average rating of 3.7500
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