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, 19 Jul 2008 15:00:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Professor P.B. Hassebroek http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/02/26/the-top-10-clues-that-you-are-an-amateur-blogger/#comment-905111 Professor P.B. Hassebroek 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 ... 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 Lorelle VanFossen 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 @<a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/02/26/the-top-10-clues-that-you-are-an-amateur-blogger/#comment-905001" rel="nofollow"> rhantekie</a>: 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! @ 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!

]]> By: rhantekie http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/02/26/the-top-10-clues-that-you-are-an-amateur-blogger/#comment-905001 rhantekie Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:36:26 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/02/26/the-top-10-clues-that-you-are-an-amateur-blogger/#comment-905001 Hi Lorelle, I'm brand new to this 'blog thing', as far as creating a blog is concerned anyway, and I thought your list contained some interesting and useful food for thought, thank you. However, I was a bit dismayed to read number 10 on your list - "We Don't Know Who You Are". This last point read to me as though, unless you are an expert, you have no right to express your opinion or at the very least it's not worth a pinch of salt. I don't believe that just because I may be lacking a degree in medicine, I can't discuss and debunk some crazy talk in the press about, for example, vaccines being the cause of autism. Life experience and critical thinking, along with unbiased research can lead a person to a reasonable conclusion and therefore earn them the right to express that conclusion/opinion, even if they're not the holder of an impressive list of qualifications or an extensive resume. It's just a blog, amateur or otherwise, and I don't see the purpose of such as necessarily being a reservoir of expert opinions. Who I am may not and probably won't reflect how I came to my conculsion, this I would outline in my post, nor should it restrict me to a fixed list of topics. Hi Lorelle,
I’m brand new to this ‘blog thing’, as far as creating a blog is concerned anyway, and I thought your list contained some interesting and useful food for thought, thank you. However, I was a bit dismayed to read number 10 on your list - “We Don’t Know Who You Are”. This last point read to me as though, unless you are an expert, you have no right to express your opinion or at the very least it’s not worth a pinch of salt. I don’t believe that just because I may be lacking a degree in medicine, I can’t discuss and debunk some crazy talk in the press about, for example, vaccines being the cause of autism. Life experience and critical thinking, along with unbiased research can lead a person to a reasonable conclusion and therefore earn them the right to express that conclusion/opinion, even if they’re not the holder of an impressive list of qualifications or an extensive resume. It’s just a blog, amateur or otherwise, and I don’t see the purpose of such as necessarily being a reservoir of expert opinions. Who I am may not and probably won’t reflect how I came to my conculsion, this I would outline in my post, nor should it restrict me to a fixed list of topics.

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]]> By: Rebecca http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/02/26/the-top-10-clues-that-you-are-an-amateur-blogger/#comment-553997 Rebecca Fri, 31 Aug 2007 05:04:09 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/02/26/the-top-10-clues-that-you-are-an-amateur-blogger/#comment-553997 Feral and missing apostrophes are my pet hate. If you can speak English, if you can drive a car, use a DVD player, read and write, you can damnwell use an apostrophe as it's meant to be used. Feral and missing apostrophes are my pet hate. If you can speak English, if you can drive a car, use a DVD player, read and write, you can damnwell use an apostrophe as it’s meant to be used.

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]]> By: Batik Picture http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/02/26/the-top-10-clues-that-you-are-an-amateur-blogger/#comment-283274 Batik Picture Thu, 17 May 2007 18:42:22 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/02/26/the-top-10-clues-that-you-are-an-amateur-blogger/#comment-283274 I am happy that I saw this post before I start my blog. Thanks for all the great tips! I am happy that I saw this post before I start my blog. Thanks for all the great tips!

]]> By: nadablog.com http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/02/26/the-top-10-clues-that-you-are-an-amateur-blogger/#comment-267516 nadablog.com Wed, 09 May 2007 21:32:53 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/02/26/the-top-10-clues-that-you-are-an-amateur-blogger/#comment-267516 <strong>Yada, yada, yada. Yet another blogger with a Top 10 list.</strong> Ha. I love this. “The The Top 10 Clues That You Are an Amateur Blogger.” On my Top 10 list would be “Making Top 10 Lists.” I love how people try to make blogging seem like it takes such a special and unique skill when in fact i... Yada, yada, yada. Yet another blogger with a Top 10 list.

Ha. I love this. “The The Top 10 Clues That You Are an Amateur Blogger.”

On my Top 10 list would be “Making Top 10 Lists.” I love how people try to make blogging seem like it takes such a special and unique skill when in fact i…

]]> By: Janna http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/02/26/the-top-10-clues-that-you-are-an-amateur-blogger/#comment-253154 Janna Wed, 02 May 2007 02:29:53 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/02/26/the-top-10-clues-that-you-are-an-amateur-blogger/#comment-253154 Amen, sistah! People need to realize that writing is an art and not a chore. You must paint a picture for the reader using nothing but words. Amen, sistah! People need to realize that writing is an art and not a chore. You must paint a picture for the reader using nothing but words.

]]> By: Caseras http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/02/26/the-top-10-clues-that-you-are-an-amateur-blogger/#comment-183725 Caseras Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:37:52 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/02/26/the-top-10-clues-that-you-are-an-amateur-blogger/#comment-183725 Attempt be one blogger amateur, With time... =) I am Spanish, but articles like this that are not in my language, I like to read them. Attempt be one blogger amateur, With time… =)

I am Spanish, but articles like this that are not in my language, I like to read them.

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