More Serious Blogging

I believe academic blogging follows a certain three-part pattern of development:

1. Phase One: Exploring blogging and the general topic (in this case, Shakespeare)
2. Phase Two: Focusing and deepening a topic
3. Phase Three: Authentic application

These are overlapping categories, but useful nonetheless. Let me explain them in more detail. Where do you stand in your blogging? After blogging for a month, I expect my students to be in the second phase.