Comments on: Do You Get to The Point or Ramble to the Point In Your Blog? http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/06/23/do-you-get-to-the-point-or-ramble-to-the-point-in-your-blog/ Helping you learn more and do more with WordPress Sun, 26 May 2013 01:42:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Craft Month: How NOT to Blog on Your Craft or Art Blog | Blogging, WordPress, Social Media, Web Publishing - WordCast http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/06/23/do-you-get-to-the-point-or-ramble-to-the-point-in-your-blog/#comment-938133 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:36:28 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/06/23/do-you-get-to-the-point-or-ramble-to-the-point-in-your-blog/#comment-938133 [...] the story behind the point more important that the point? Reader’s Digest specialized in telling you a story before they got to the point. On the web, [...]

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]]> By: Damien http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/06/23/do-you-get-to-the-point-or-ramble-to-the-point-in-your-blog/#comment-447539 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:51:22 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/06/23/do-you-get-to-the-point-or-ramble-to-the-point-in-your-blog/#comment-447539 You probably wouldn’t know it with all my typos (I’m not a very strong typist) but I have a Master’s in English and have taught a couple composition courses at a community college in my life. One thing I would say is that this is the most unattractive feature in blogs I visit. If it goes on without a question to me or a thesis (point!) past 4 or 5 sentences, I usually don’t care to solve the mystery if you know what I mean. Fortunately, this is a good way to weed out the blogroll entries you find and don’t know if you should keep or not. That’s usually how I do it.

]]> By: Ellen http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/06/23/do-you-get-to-the-point-or-ramble-to-the-point-in-your-blog/#comment-376011 Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:08:55 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/06/23/do-you-get-to-the-point-or-ramble-to-the-point-in-your-blog/#comment-376011 I tend to be verbose so I like your point about putting the technical information first then if I want to share with my readers how I got there to do so afterwards. Maybe put the tech info in a box to highlight it. I tend to write in long sentences too…I need to learn to shorten them down a bit.

Thanks for the tip.

]]> By: mpb http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/06/23/do-you-get-to-the-point-or-ramble-to-the-point-in-your-blog/#comment-374795 Sun, 24 Jun 2007 03:46:08 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/06/23/do-you-get-to-the-point-or-ramble-to-the-point-in-your-blog/#comment-374795

Bloggers need to learn how to edit before they hit publish, as finding others to critique and editor your work before you hit publish is rare.

My goodily gracious, Edgar, “preview”/”view” in a separate window is such a helpful @#$%^(*&^% for that

]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/06/23/do-you-get-to-the-point-or-ramble-to-the-point-in-your-blog/#comment-374279 Sat, 23 Jun 2007 23:52:48 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/06/23/do-you-get-to-the-point-or-ramble-to-the-point-in-your-blog/#comment-374279 The whole point of the article is directed towards technical articles, not personal. You can ramble all you want, though you might increase readership if you didn’t, on a personal life story blog. But if you write a technical blog or blog post, get to the point.

Josh: There is no right or wrong way to blog. Gees, blogging is still in its infancy and while a style of blog writing has developed, it is a long way from becoming set in stone.

There are, however, some basic guidelines for technical articles and technical writing that turns your blog post from rambling to educational. You want to help people learn, not fill them in on how late you were to work and how you didn’t stop to take a shower or pee because you wanted to whip out this helpful post…we want the information directly related to the content, not your bathroom habits.

J.T.: Editing is another issue. The moment we hit “Publish” on our blogs, we become publishers, responsible for our blog content. Bloggers need to learn how to edit before they hit publish, as finding others to critique and editor your work before you hit publish is rare.

Some bloggers don’t want editors. But all bloggers should take a moment to proof and review and edit before hitting the button. After all, it’s their resume and reputation they are publishing. :D

One of the reasons many bloggers start blogging, especially those who want to blog in English or another non-native language, is to improve their writing and communication skills. I’ll be writing more on the issue of blog writing, from every angle, over the next few months.

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