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At first, I had trouble in finding a balance between informal and text-like language. I looked up guides on how to blog<\/a> and read dozens of samples of blogs that I liked. I will admit to reading passages from Blogging for Dummies. As I wrote, my natural tone was slightly witty but still somewhat informative. After debating on whether I should change my approach, I decided I liked what I had written. If I was reading my blog, I wouldn’t have closed the tab.<\/p>\n Source: Giphy<\/p><\/div>\n I realized as I questioned my own writing that I didn\u2019t want to change my tone and that I wanted to go with my gut. Blogs are about staying true to your writing, so guess what I did? I stayed true to my writing.<\/p>\n Since I was in middle school, I\u2019ve written for fun. I\u2019ve tried blogging, I\u2019ve probably started dozens of books, only one of which I\u2019ve succeeded past the first chapter. I’ve written dozens of research papers, several newspaper articles, reflections, argumentative essays and more. But none of these writing formats fit who I was, or\u00a0thought<\/em> I was, as a writer. Similar to wearing a mask, I donned the fa\u00e7ade of a scholar so that I could write an awesome paper.<\/p>\n Am I Doing it Right?<\/strong><\/p>\n I won\u2019t say that blog writing isn\u2019t challenging because it is, but it is also very satisfying. Knowing that you\u2019re writing something that you believe in, but it also accessible for the everyday person. In academic writing, you have to modify your natural writing to fit the accepted tone. This is helpful for writing essays in which your thoughts and ideas are aiming to make a scholarly point and in which your ideas are going to reach a more \u201cscholarly\u201d audience.<\/p>\n In this case, I wasn\u2019t talking to professors. I was talking to people just like me, so I felt compelled to write as if I was talking to myself. Since I tend to talk to myself anyways, this method of blog writing came very easily to me!<\/p>\n I am my own biggest fan, but sometimes my own biggest critic. The perfectionist in me wanted to change out certain words with more \u201cintelligent\u201d-sounding synonyms, but those words didn\u2019t sound as if I had come up with them. They sounded as if I had a general idea of where I wanted to go, but I exchanged a complex argument for some fancy words instead.<\/p>\n Source: Giphy<\/p><\/div>\n My aim was to sound natural, not like I had just swallowed a dictionary.<\/p>\n The most important thing that I learned in this experience: write what you like. If you write what you like and sound passionate about your topic, people will flock towards you. Sometimes, it isn’t what the essay is about that makes an impact. Personally, if a website has a few interesting quotes and maybe a colorful picture or two, I’m ready to bookmark it and add it to my favorites.<\/p>\n The Final Words<\/strong><\/p>\n So, in short, blogging is hard. I don\u2019t have any wise words to impart from my experience, just the advice that blogging should come naturally. When writing about something that you care about, you shouldn\u2019t have to force yourself to write three sentences writing about what you think<\/em> your audience would like to hear instead you would really like to be writing about. Writing is supposed to be fun, isn’t it?<\/p>\n The guidelines: if you’re writing a research paper or any sort of assigned writing, and you think you\u00a0would be distracted by your content, it is probably interesting enough. Key to success: pictures are the key to procrastination. And distraction is the finest sign of flattery after all!<\/p>\n Source: Giphy<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve tried blogging before and, as I said in my About Me section, it wasn’t very successful. When it came to writing my blog post, I went with the flow. For each paragraph, I would summarize my point in my … Continue reading ![\"Source:](\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/B5UW2ejHk9zgY\/giphy.gif\")
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