Comments on: The Top 10 Clues That You Are an Amateur Blogger http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/02/26/the-top-10-clues-that-you-are-an-amateur-blogger/ Helping you learn more and do more with WordPress Sat, 25 May 2013 03:52:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Sandi Adams http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/02/26/the-top-10-clues-that-you-are-an-amateur-blogger/#comment-964188 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:16:47 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/02/26/the-top-10-clues-that-you-are-an-amateur-blogger/#comment-964188 I am just starting a blog. #6 clue; the use of “to be” is a common problem I used to have. Using “to be” is considered the “passive voice” which is hard to read and comprehend. One gets bogged down in the extra verbiage. The opposite of this is the “active voice” which is more energizing and flows easily making it easy to read and understand at the same time.

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]]> By: Katharine http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/02/26/the-top-10-clues-that-you-are-an-amateur-blogger/#comment-936620 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:41:03 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/02/26/the-top-10-clues-that-you-are-an-amateur-blogger/#comment-936620 It’s funny how an article like this has such controversy. I’ve been blogging for about a year now and find the information relevant and good to revisit. When I was told: Let me know who you are, I thought you meant make your blog personal so I can relate to your point of view. Of course having a background about a subject always helps too. For example I could write about working in retail as well as write about teaching 2nd grade because I’ve done both of those things. I think all life experiences can lead to interesting blog material. If I just wrote about those two jobs I think many would turn away. Instead I talk about things that I deal with today and not in the past. I don’t talk about diapers because my daughter is 13 but instead talk about what it’s like to raise a teenager. Ok now I’m writing too much…

Great article!

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]]> By: The Heat Web http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/02/26/the-top-10-clues-that-you-are-an-amateur-blogger/#comment-928447 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 03:17:17 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/02/26/the-top-10-clues-that-you-are-an-amateur-blogger/#comment-928447 5 Essential Software For Amateur Bloggers…

I’ve been blogging for more than a year now and I still consider myself as an amateur blogger and I’m not sure if I can call myself as a “Pro-blogger” someday, but who knows? Maybe I can be like Pete Cashmore or Darren Rowse. Although I’m just an amate…

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]]> By: Jason http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/02/26/the-top-10-clues-that-you-are-an-amateur-blogger/#comment-925498 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:06:11 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/02/26/the-top-10-clues-that-you-are-an-amateur-blogger/#comment-925498 There were some good points above, and then I read #10…

I think your statement of wanting some background, resume references, and qualifications that make you want to trust what I have to write quite interesting. Aside from your about page being quite the lengthy write up for a pat on your own back and the irony of spelling mistakes and grammatical errors in this post, I failed to find any reason why I should trust anything you have to say.

]]> By: Professor P.B. Hassebroek http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/02/26/the-top-10-clues-that-you-are-an-amateur-blogger/#comment-905111 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:20:57 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/02/26/the-top-10-clues-that-you-are-an-amateur-blogger/#comment-905111 Thank you very much for providing your helpful list and the link to Holt! I *love* your focus on good communication and proper punctuation, but list items # 2, #4, and #7 underscore the need also to check for improper grammar and spelling.
2. “Flat writing that just lays there, horizontally, and goes no where.”
Should be:
Flat writing that just lies there, horizontally, and goes nowhere.
4. phoney, should be spelled …
7. daylillies, should be spelled …

]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/02/26/the-top-10-clues-that-you-are-an-amateur-blogger/#comment-905033 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:51:39 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/02/26/the-top-10-clues-that-you-are-an-amateur-blogger/#comment-905033 @ rhantekie:

You are missing the point while getting it at the same time. We are all entitled to our opinions, and blog can be an open forum for debating those opinions and ideas, but don’t call yourself an expert if you aren’t. You may be informed, but if you aren’t an expert, don’t call yourself one. Use another word. That one is worn out.

There are a lot of people who blog about that which they know not. You seem to know what you are talking about, so obviously, you know about that which you blog.

I meet a lot of bloggers who want to get paid to blog, so they go after jobs that involve writing about subjects they don’t know anything about. Like the old writing teacher’s adage: write what you know. You’ll write better.

Good luck!

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