Sunday, January 29, 2012

Start to Blog: Take the Step

A long journey starts with the firts step.
And so is beginning a blog writing. Taking the first step, is not always easy. Particularly when you feel afraid. But, hey, what to fear? Your writing is the representation of your mind. You shouldn't be afraid to take out the volume of your brain, because it will never run dry.
Start with something that most appeals to you. That way you can express it with feeling and passion. Feeling and spirit that is recorded in a writing will be the main attraction for its readers. So, ask yourself what is most interesting to you. The good things will you write are things that you really do, and not done by others.
Darren Rowse, in his blog, just write down what was very interesting to him and he really did. He mostly wrote down how he pioneered the way in the blogosphere, writing tips based on experience and or refer to his colleagues. What happens then is that he has a loyal blog readers.
Or take one of my colleagues, who blogged about sketching. He published sketches and anything that he ​​really made. While it may not be too much, in the end he created a blog that has loyal visitors. Those who return are those who have the same interests, but would like to know something from the viewpoint of others. So, expressing your thoughts on the content of your posts or your blog, in general, will not create a blog that is ugly. Contrary, it is exceptional added value.
Let your journey start, by taking the step. The step is to write about your interest.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

This is Just the Post Skeleton

Just a skeleton for later post.
making a good content is not easy
But, you must start to write one of yours. So you can evaluate what you have done. Read this content, I would not say this is a good content, but I think I must continue writing something. I write something, then I read it again and again until, at some point, I found something to improve, until I can index where the change I need to make. If you keep thinking that you are not a good writer, you'll never be one. Write away..!
this is from the class "Writing 101":
  1. Chose a theme: say "blog". Make it more specific: say "photo blog". Make it more specific: say "bird photo blog". Make it even more: say "chicken photo blog". See the more the theme specific, you will need more word to do so, -- but it's not necessarily. But, I used to do the step until I found something for a title.
  2. After finding the right title, the next step is to create a skeleton of your writing. Think what you want to convey to your readers.
    Try to set your perspective, as if you are a reader. Ask yourself, as a blog readers, what do you want to get, by looking at the title of your post.
  3. Using the skeleton of your writing, you can then search for the material, by a way that is more focused, so you can create posts quickly, without reducing the quality of your writing.
After you compose a draft, you can then fine tune your article before you decided to post it. You can add illustration, or link. You can format in bold, italics or using different sized font to emphasized some point in the writing. And there you go, a good post. 

10 Usefull Resource - To Write Better Blog

google-blogger
Ok may be we do need some resources to build better. If you just want to do something, then "just do it" is enough. But, if want to do something the right way, you must learn how to do it right. Of course, you'll learn something from doing it right away, but that's, i think, is not a very smart move.
Many others has knowledge on how to compose a good content, blog writing, building a good blog, attract readers, reader targetting, SEO and on every aspect of blog building. If we want to be fast, we must learn from them, instead of learning ourself from scratch.
The following 10 list of resource, I think will be very useful for a starter:
  1. Blogger help -- from google
  2. Writing good content -- from problogger.net
  3. 10 Tips for Writing Good Content and Attracting Readers -- from blogohblog.com
  4. Writing Good Web Page Content -- from netmechanic.com
  5. 5 ways to write good content -- everybodygoto.com
  6. How To Write Web Content -- about.com
  7. Quality content writing - how to write for the web --from squidoo.com
  8. Making up Stories: Perception, Language, and the Web -- from alistapart.com
  9. Writing Good Content -- from positionfrontpage.com
  10. Guidelines for Writing a Good About Page -- from sixrevisions.com
That's a lot of things to read, maybe you should take it slow, and make it enjoyable.

Start Blogging

There are tons of articles out there talking about how to make blog for beginners. Well, this is my version...

You want to blog, just do it!

Really, what on earth that keep you from doing it? If you can read this things, you are clear to do blog! Signing up for a blog service is a piece of cake.

Type what you want

Just start writing, something you want to write. By that way, you will learn fast, to do blog.

And there you go

Now, you are a blogger. Happy blogging :)