Jun | 01 | 2008

Story Telling In Your Blog

Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorial, Tips, Writing

I remember joining writing contests when I was in grade school. I loved the actual writing and appreciated all the input that my mother and English teachers would give me. One thing that stood out from all the pieces of advice that I received is this:

Tell a story.

Telling a story engages your readers like nothing else can but it does take some spinning and weaving in order for it to be effective. So how do you tell a story in your blog?

One thing that you have to perfect is your beginning. Unlike short stories and novels, blog posts are meant to be short and are meant to be read quickly. Attention spans of blog readers are relatively shorter. As such, you have to start out BIG. You have to grab the attention of your readers from the get go. Leave the background information for later. Instead, make it a point to get your readers to fall for your story, hook, line, and sinker.

Another important consideration is to be sure of what you want to convey and to make sure that you convey it clearly. Just because you are telling a story does not mean that you have to make your stand clear nor does it mean that you do not have to have a clear reason for telling the story. Make this clear in your mind and that will be translated to your writing.

(to be continued)

Comments (3)

3 Responses

Story Telling In Your Blog
01|Jun|2008

[...] CJ wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptI remember joining writing contests when I was in grade school. I loved the actual writing and appreciated all the input that my mother and English teachers would give me. One thing that stood out from all the pieces of advice that I … [...]
Story Telling In Your Blog (Part 2) by Blog Tutorials
05|Jun|2008

[...] the previous post, we highlighted the importance of starting BIG when telling stories in your blog. We also [...]
Story Telling In Your Blog (Part 2) | OpenABlog
11|Aug|2009

[...] the previous post, we highlighted the importance of starting BIG when telling stories in your blog. We also [...]

Our Features

Design and Themes

Is Your Blog W3C Compliant?

Last night I checked my personal blog’s code hoping I can proudly display the W3C Validated Button. Since I use Blogger and do not really do anything to clean up the code (beyond adding Alt-tags to the images I embed) I wasn’t surprised at all to find that my blog contained lots of errors – [...]
Read on
More Design and Themes Features
Software and Widgets

Wordpress Plug-ins

If you blog using Wordpress and can’t do something that you want done like adding Sphere-related content at the end of your blog posts you might be surprised to find out that there are already plug-ins available that make it happen.
To find good Wordpress plug-ins all you need to do is search for “wordpress [...]
Read on
More Software and Widgets Features
Reviews

A Friend In Need

I’m helping out my friends from the UA&P – IShareHappiness Blog Team.
Whenever you feel pessimistic, angry, troubled, frustrated, and depressed – what have you – you need someone to talk to. Someone who could help you be more optimistic and help make you feel that there is hope. Sometimes it’s hard to talk to someone [...]
Read on
More Blog Reviews
Monetization

Review: Logical Media

Logical Media is one of the innovative services that pay for ad placement within blogs. Do you have a blog and are you seeking a way to make additional money from the blog? Are you seeking a way to offset other programs with the use of ads? Through the registration with Logical Media, the blogger [...]
Read on
More Monetization Features
Marketing and Search Optimization

Search Rank Drop and False Alarms

Happy Holidays!
What are the chances of someone being concerned about their blog’s search ranking dropping on Christmas Eve? I have no idea but then again if I’m writing about it right now then there’s probably someone somewhere around the world doing SEO at this very minute.
If you have experienced a sudden drop in ranking, [...]
Read on
More Marketing and SEO Features
Blog Resources