I was just having a conversation with a friend about writing and responses. She and I have belonged to an online community for over 5 years and we’ve watched the ebb & flow of the ways people respond to different kinds of posts.

I write because I love to write. I share things about me because that’s what I’m an expert in and because I think some of it is interesting to others. I also write because I want to hear back from others, know their experiences, hear their opinions. I don’t write to hear my own voice. I can talk to myself if I want that. Heh.

I wonder, though, how one garners responses. Not only here…but everywhere. Maybe I don’t write posts that are remotely interesting to others. Maybe I haven’t figured out the types of writing that will appeal to others.

Maybe it shouldn’t matter.

But it does.