Comments on: Top 10 Tips for Writing Blog Posts

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:01:13 +0000

I sometimes use short sentences but usually I need to say more within a sentence. It’s kinda hard to divide the thoughts actually but I’m struggling.
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By: Emmalene (win59)

Emmalene (win59) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:29:52 +0000

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By: Paula

Paula — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:46:24 +0000

It doesn’t help either that teenagers are becoming so used to reducing every word they can so they can send that text message. And then we get websites like Twitter where we are forced to shorten words in order to say everything we want to say.

By: Ann Hamel

Ann Hamel — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:03:25 +0000

I can’t help myself, but as a 20-year veteran teacher, spelling errors, omissions, and poor grammar stand out to me like a billboard!

However, I can certainly understand how it can happen with the amount of writing that people are doing nowadays, and all of the multitasking going on. For the most part, I do think that the majority of the errors will be overlooked if the professionalism remains.

There is some great content here for the “newbie” that I am to the trade. Thanks.

By: Paula

Paula — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:12:47 +0000

I think we all are guilty of spelling errors. As bloggers, it’s a bit hard to avoid with the amount of content we write. Even spell checkers aren’t perfect. I have a friend who consistently writes “shore” instead of “sure”….no spell checker is going to pick that up.

By: Paula

Paula — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:10:00 +0000

I can see their point but I know that I would rather just get in there and write something than sit around trying to think of a catchy opening. There is the tendency, at least for me, to get fed up with it if I can’t think of anything and I’d probably lose the momentum of getting something written.

By: Tom - StandOutBlogger.com

Tom - StandOutBlogger.com — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:23:36 +0000

Spelling errors can ruin an excellent post. I constantly check over my posts to try and make sure that there are no spelling or grammatical errors – but they always seem to slip though.

Now I get my wife to read over my posts, so that I get an outside perspective from someone who reads what it says – not how I think it should be read.

By: Brad Harmon

Brad Harmon — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:54:02 +0000

I really struggle with 1, 2, and 5. As you point out, it is much different writing for the internet than it is for print.

I have always struggled with my opening. I think it is much easier to come up with an opening after you have written the rest of the post. I’ve read a few authors lately that suggest that this is a mistake though.

They point out that you lose much of the oomph from a well crafted title by introducing your post in the opening paragraph after you already know what the post is about. It is like making a promise about something you have already done.

What do you think?