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Thanks. I appreciate you taking the time to write an in depth answer. Any tips on how to blog? Or be better at it? I'm always doing things with my gf but neve

Thanks. I appreciate you taking the time to write an in depth answer. Any tips on how to blog? Or be better at it? I'm always doing things with my gf but never think to write about it, or think that id have some unique perspective or opinion to offer. How do I find my voice? How do I get better at writing? Before I even start? Meaning I know the common wisdom of just do it and you'll get better but I have this anxiety of even starting at all because of being seen as less than, or try-hard, or w/e. The idea of being watched as I perform scares me, the thought of failing publically. Maybe its a certain type of bravery that I lack? Idk Any advice appreciated. In terms of getting better at writing, and handling the anxiety of critique and etc. Thank you!

freehunter 8y ago
Like you said the easiest way is just do it. "Real artists ship" and all that stuff. The good news is, absolutely no one will read your blog at first. You could have a live blog on the Internet for years and have no one actually read it. People just don't visit websites anymore. One thing you can do, open up Word and write there. Pictures and everything. Just practice, offline, where no one can see it. See if it sounds good. Write stuff you want to read, and read other blogs to see how they do it. As for the critique, unless they're correcting factual inaccuracies that you should fix, I just ignore it all. Haters gonna hate, and you should be glad someone's paying enough attention to you to have an opinion on your writing. More realistically, the people who don't like what you're doing will just not read your stuff. Negative criticism I've found to be pretty rare unless you're talking politics. And if your target audience is under 40, you're in luck: their attention span is almost nonexistent. You can get away with a good picture and 200 words and that can be your entire article. You don't need to write SAT essays for every post because no one's gonna read all of that. Save your words for "evergreen" content where people will be reading it for months/years in the future. Oh, and read blogs about blogging so you get to know and understand terms like SEO and evergreen and stuff. There's a whole culture behind crafting a post.
- minhazm423 8y ago
  Thanks! Any particularly useful resources?

freehunter 8y ago

Like you said the easiest way is just do it. "Real artists ship" and all that stuff. The good news is, absolutely no one will read your blog at first. You could have a live blog on the Internet for years and have no one actually read it. People just don't visit websites anymore. One thing you can do, open up Word and write there. Pictures and everything. Just practice, offline, where no one can see it. See if it sounds good. Write stuff you want to read, and read other blogs to see how they do it. As for the critique, unless they're correcting factual inaccuracies that you should fix, I just ignore it all. Haters gonna hate, and you should be glad someone's paying enough attention to you to have an opinion on your writing. More realistically, the people who don't like what you're doing will just not read your stuff. Negative criticism I've found to be pretty rare unless you're talking politics. And if your target audience is under 40, you're in luck: their attention span is almost nonexistent. You can get away with a good picture and 200 words and that can be your entire article. You don't need to write SAT essays for every post because no one's gonna read all of that. Save your words for "evergreen" content where people will be reading it for months/years in the future. Oh, and read blogs about blogging so you get to know and understand terms like SEO and evergreen and stuff. There's a whole culture behind crafting a post.

minhazm423 8y ago
Thanks! Any particularly useful resources?