But I have nothing to say…
No one wants to read this. No one will come to my blog. I don’t have anything to write about. Lies! All lies! Different Experiences If you can tell a story or write a sentence or even share a recipe, you have something to share and something to say. Here’s the deal. While we all…
Anatomy of a Blog Post
Remember when you were in high school, and your English teacher taught you the 5 Paragraph Essay? (I capitalize it because it’s like an entity, that 5 Paragraph Essay.) As I’ve progressed in my English teaching skills and pedagogy, I’ve learned that teaching that dreaded 5 Paragraph Essay can often become detrimental to student writing.…
How long should my blog post be?
How long should my blog post be? I get asked this question a lot. I’d like to take credit for this awesome response, but this isn’t my analogy. Still the answer is the same: Your blog post should be like a skirt: long enough to cover the important parts but short enough to be interesting.…
Hook your reader with your opening line
What does it take to get you to keep reading something? One of my friends asked me about how to start a blog post. When you’re new to blogging or new to writing in general, getting started really is one of the hardest things to do. Let’s take a second and look at some extremely successful authors. 124 was…
Writing for your audience
My blog visitors tend to be moms in my same stage of life: busy, kids, working (at home or out of the house), struggling with messy houses, wearing yoga pants, wishing they could get to the spa but feeling lucky they painted their toenails a fresh color. I know my audience. I know to whom…