Writers for a New EraThe Internet has quickly become integrated into the social fabric. Many consider it an indispensable part of their lives, allowing them to keep up with their busy schedules. The Internet has improved the ease with which people can communicate and find information. Browsing the web has become second nature for regular users. Some find the computer so convenient that they use it to do all their writing, from academic articles to journals. As the computer has aided them in the task of writing, the Internet has helped many people become published writers. Anyone with moderate computer skills can create websites. Personal websites often contain information and images that someone would normally only share with close friends, but publishing them on the web means that anyone can access this information. Sites such as newspapers and online diaries are specifically designed to publish personal ideas, feelings or daily events. Another increasingly respected medium of writing used by students and aspiring journalists, as well as the average person's diary, is blogging. Blogger, according to the Blogger Forum website (bloggerforum.com), is a site that allows anyone to post a blog, short for webblog. It is a journal that can be continually updated and consulted by any Internet user. Blog writers are called bloggers. Bloggers tend to write frequently and informally, like in a journal. They also try to give informative or inspiring entries. The number of bloggers is constantly increasing. Its popularity is attributed to free blogging software available to everyone, as well as the appeal of being able to publish ideas, beliefs and knowledge. Since anyone can publish on the web using blogger, the definition of a writer has changed dramatically. . Before the web, a writer was considered a person whose work was published. Writers were also viewed with respect, as publishing a piece of writing was very competitive. Those who succeeded had to have a special quality in their writing. Today, the use of the term writer is considered more loosely, since anyone can be a published writer..