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Although the internet landscape is slowly evolving away from this, it is still somewhat of a democracy in the oldest sense of the concept.

Fewer and fewer people stumble on the writing of another without being influenced in some way by some type of a ranking or recommendation tool, whether it be algorithmic or human. Yet this was not always the case. A decade ago, most Search Engines were either flat or almost flat when it came to serving as RELIABLE methods of filtering the noise from the signal. This is has changed and is continuing to develop.

However, as such tools and experts become more available and more reliable - the beginning internet writer has a tendency towards reticence based on intimidation.

But even Jane Austin was at one point intimidated by the writings of others. When it comes to the average modern novice novelist, a little reticence may have been helpful. Yet even today, some new authors produce first novels that are breathtakingly well written. A fact which Jane Austin could not boast. Her first novel, Susan, was not nearly as well written as later novels, a fact which caused her to revise it extensively.

But we are not speaking of the writing of novels but rather of the writing of internet posts. In some ways, an internet post should share more of the traits of a diary than of the traits of a novel. Do not misunderstand - rarely does a diary style blog become a top ranked blog. (There are some.) But the personality of a blog author and the individual flavor of her/his conversation is frequently the difference between a large audience and a less read blog.

Today's recommendation is especially for anyone who experiences writer's block due to being intimidated by the writings of some other internet publisher. The article is: "10 Ways to Avoid Writing Insecurity" by Sean Platt.