These two words make me confused. I checked for some resources but fail to satisfy or give me a clear comparison between the two.
A blogger could write anything while a writer can't - there are rules and guidelines that must be followed.
I think blogging is a new style of writing, tailored specifically for readers who use the Internet. It tends to be casual and concise. If you look around on the Internet, that's the kind of writing you see: For people who are casually browsing or for those who need a specific question answered in a fairly simple and non-tortuous way.
For this reason, I'd differentiate blogging from writing that is meant to be more of a magazine-style of writing. On one of my sites, my intent is for it to be more of a magazine than a blog. Therefore, I don't consider that site a blog, though I regularly publish on it. Strangely, I like to call it a blogazine. Yep.
A blogger is a specific type of writer, that is a writer writes for blogs.
Much like a newspaper reporter is a specific type of writer that writes articles for newspapers, and a novelist is a specific type of writer that writes novels.
Simple.
A writer can be a blogger. A blogger can be a writer. But they are two different things.
A writer can write anything: they could be writing novels, articles, blog posts, poetry, plays.
A blogger writes posts on a blog. A blog is a website, usually on one topic, which is regularly updated with new material.
Hubbers are writers, but some of us are also bloggers (just not on HP, because HP is not a blog).
Marissa's definition is the one I go by. Sometimes being called a blogger can have negative connotations, because bloggers can write about whatever they want, sometimes they tend to ramble or talk about boring, mundane things for their mother to read. Writers who write on sites like HubPages have guidelines to follow so they can't do that.
There are bloggers who produce quality work, and popular work, of course, so it isn't always a bad thing to be a blogger. I am a blogger myself. I'm afraid I am one of those who perpetuate the stereotype.
I need to get back to my blogs to freshen them up a bit to satisfy the big G. They get neglected mostly.
Dear Marisa,
Thanks for clearing out my confusion.
Have a good day.
blogger is what a person is called on the computer when they type. A writer is someone that write's the words by hand with a pencil..
Mostly the difference lies in where they get visibility and their work.
I think blogger is a person who writes for his blogs or for other blogs. He/she can write on some specific topics that he is more interested and is capable of writing. They may have some limitations as they tend to write only on what they know best about.
On the other hand writer is a person who writes for living and may involve in writing about mostly all the topics. This is his business and he never wants to miss a chance of getting paid as a writer.
I completely agree with Marisa about, A writer can be a blogger and a blogger can also be a writer in some cases.
A blogger puts their writing on a blog.
A writer makes writing, where they put it is not being specified.
I would like to thank you for the replies you have posted for my inquiry. I highly appreciate and note your answers.
Have a good day.
I like Marissa answer to the question. I have nine blogs that I maintain almost daily and also writes for Hubpages. So I must also be a writer.
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(Established) Writers make money.
(Established) Bloggers perennially hope they will make money one day!
That's the difference!
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