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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…

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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.…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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