Your Blogging Voice
Our new member via Meetup.com, Trish Roque, posted this great comment: “Hi Beth, thanks for the greeting. My biggest blogging problem is finding the right blogging voice. I know that will only come from blogging a lot. Looking forward to spending more time with the breakfast bloggers!”
Trish, We look forward to spending more time with you too!
You’re right — time will help you sort out your blogging voice.
Voice is a combination of factors, primarily:
1. Who you are.
2. Who your audience is.
3. The result or experience you want to provide to your readers.
Breakfast bloggers, What do you think about your blogging voice?
5 Tips to Get Writing Now
Last Saturday, Cheryl and I got video taped for GuruTube.net. I had a great time! I have to admit, though, I was nervous. I was going to have a video clip on the same site as Guy Kawasaki and MC Hammer! (Our videos will be posted in a few weeks.)
For the Breakfast Blogging Club, I presented on 5 Tips to Get Writing Now.
Tip 1: List of 20
On a piece of paper, list from 1 through 20. Set a timer for 3 minutes. With a blog topic in mind, write as fast as you can.
The purpose of this exercise is to generate ideas.
Tip 2: Mind Mapping
Pick one idea from your List of 20, and place it in the center of a blank page. Then read how to use mind mapping in the post, “What Are You Passionate About?”
The purpose of this exercise is to expand upon an idea.
A Little Blogging Haiku
Filed under: Blog Topics, Writing Tips
Blogging French Toast
Sometimes I find it hard to sit down and start writing a blog post. Anyone else feel that way?
Even when I have an idea of what I want to write about, sometimes staring at that blank computer screen is such a drag.
Tomorrow at our monthly Breakfast Blogging Club meeting, Beth is going to show us some ways to easy into it… almost like tricking your brain into writing. And I’m really looking forward to it. Read more
What are you passionate about?
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What are you passionate about?
How do you express your passion for your work? A perfect blogging topic for all kinds of writers.
Passion drives us, whether we realize it or not, usually it’s a combination of our passion for our profession, and for helping others. Read more
Beginner’s Mind
Beth Barany, Co-Founder, Breakfast Blogging Club, & PJ Hulle, BBC member
Beth Barany here…
I was recently reminded of being a beginner again when I started tutoring elementary school kids. At eight or nine years old, most everything you learn is for the first time. When the kids delight in using “Obama” in a Hangman spelling game, or express glee at a rearrange-the-letter phonics exercise, their wonder is contagious.
