Using blog posts to generate ideas and text

By using blog posts to generate texts and ideas I can help myself construct my first formal paper. I could consider using blog posts to practice prewriting. I could do this is by doing a timed write followed by a layout of my essay via blog post This is a method I have used in the past to help me transfer thoughts into text. For this essay, I would ask myself what significant educational experience have I had? What has it taught me and what can I take away from it? I would then give myself a duration of time to generate as much text as I can, without pausing for grammatical and spelling errors. This technique helps let your thoughts flow. Once you're finished and time is up you will go back and read what you have written. During this time you will find new ideas and thoughts you have created, which will help construct your paper. Once I have a completed a few timed writes and I feel I have a adequate amount of text, I can organize my essay. Blog posts could also be used as writers/reading workshop. This exercise is normally done within a group of classmates in which you read each others essay's and share new ideas and thoughts that help one another improve their paper. This exercise could be done by a student posting their rough draft where others can see and comment on. These comments could generate new ideas that the writer never considered. Reading others rough drafts could also help the reader discover new thoughts and ideas.