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WHAT\u2019S THE PURPOSE<\/b><\/p>\n
Every good piece of writing has a purpose. \u00a0Whether you\u2019re making an argument or just telling facts, there\u2019s a reason\u00a0why<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/i>you\u2019re spending your valuable time writing it. \u00a0A good purpose is the most important part of writing, especially blogs. \u00a0Then, once you figure out why you’re writing, you\u2019ve got to figure out who’s going to read it: who’s your audience? \u00a0After you accomplish\u00a0all of this, you can begin to blog.<\/p>\n
HOOK THE READER IN<\/b><\/p>\n
The first paragraph and title of any blog post should hook the readers in.\u00a0 Your readers have no obligation to read your writing so unless you give them a reason to spend their time reading your opinion, they won\u2019t.\u00a0 It\u2019s as simple as that.\u00a0 When writing my first blog post, I figured having an interesting title was the quickest way I could draw people into my writing.\u00a0 By titling it, \u201cHow to Fix English Class,\u201d I\u2019m immediately connecting to a topic that people find interesting.\u00a0 Also, it implicitly takes a controversial position about english classes: that they need fixing.\u00a0 My first paragraph itself continues to argue my position that typical english assignments are boring.\u00a0 By doing so, I hope to hook anyone who agrees with me and everyone who disagrees with me.\u00a0 Also, because it is a blog written in first person, my first sentence immediately begins to start a conversation with the reader.\u00a0 It reads<\/a>,<\/p>\n \u201cImagine this.\u00a0 You\u2019re sitting in your dorm room, listening to the newly released Kendrick Lamar album, talking to your roommate about how much you don\u2019t want to do your latest english assignment.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n My goal with this sentence was to start a dialogue with my audience and make them feel as though they are part of my writing.\u00a0 As long as your readers feel invested in what you’re saying, they’ll continue to read it.<\/p>\n DRAW ON PERSONAL EXPERIENCE\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Before I wrote my first blog post, I spent a lot of time reading blogs across the internet.\u00a0 The blogs addressed numerous different topics, from\u00a0sports blogs<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0politics blogs<\/a>,\u00a0but they all had one thing in common; each and every one was written with a personal touch.\u00a0 I decided that I needed to find a way to draw on a personal experience of some sort in my first post.\u00a0 As a result, I decided to focus on my friend\u2019s english class and one of his boring assignments.\u00a0 His courageous choice to think outside of the box was the perfect springboard into my bigger topic, that in order to have a meaningful education, technology must be used.<\/p>\n EDIT IT DOWN<\/b><\/p>\n If you\u2019re anything like me, when you start writing about a topic that you find interesting, you\u2019ll suddenly look at the page and realize how much you\u2019ve written.\u00a0 This is always going to be a challenge that you face when writing blog posts.\u00a0 In my first post, I started off with a very long essay about how technology is extremely important in the world of education.\u00a0 I decided to cut much of the essay out, leaving just a few of the most important paragraphs and substituting the less important ones with my personal stories that transformed it from an essay\u00a0into a blog post.<\/p>\n MAKE SURE T<\/b>HEY LIKE IT<\/b><\/p>\n Lastly, an extremely important part of blogging is keeping your audience entertained.\u00a0 This can be accomplished many ways, but one of the most common, and easiest, is through the use of imagery.\u00a0 When writing about dense topics, like the necessary use of technology in education, funny pictures can be a great way to break up your writing.\u00a0 They give the reader something pretty to look at for a moment, which gives them a refresher from your writing while also adding to your argument.\u00a0 In my post, I used images after almost every subtitle.\u00a0 Additionally, I used my first image, after my title, to hook my reader in. \u00a0By using a picture that many people would recognize, Bart Simpson in trouble in his elementary school, I not only get more people hooked into my post, but also demonstrate that it will be about education.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Image Credit<\/b><\/p>\n http:\/\/vocaladymagazine.com\/2015\/07\/02\/how-to-convince-your-parents-to-let-you-be-a-creative-writing-major\/<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.ignitesocialmedia.com\/community-management\/community-manager-life\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WHAT\u2019S THE PURPOSE Every good piece of writing has a purpose. \u00a0Whether you\u2019re making an argument or just telling facts, there\u2019s a reason\u00a0why\u00a0you\u2019re spending your valuable time writing it. \u00a0A good purpose is the most important part of writing, especially blogs. \u00a0Then, once you figure out why you’re writing, you\u2019ve got to figure out who’s … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/C04iZRq.gif\")
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