10 Tips To More Interesting Writing
When you are blogging or writing an article on the Internet, you must be interesting to grab a readers attention. Here are 10 ways to be more interesting:
1. Great title. If your title isn’t good, you might as well cut your audience in half. Titles should appeal to the targeted audience directly, surprise the general viewer, and/or be so irresistable the reader can’t help but click.
2. Strong opinions. Leave the maybe, probably, possibly, I think, in my opinion, etc. on the cutting room floor. Your opinion should read as fact and be direct - no clauses. This brings more reaction, whether readers agree or disagree.
3. Be candid. Nobody wants to read an AP story on a blog or editorial. Candid writing let’s the reader know you are a real person, not just another Johnny Pennypincher churning out another entry.
4. Use different writing styles: listing, mailbag, conversation, grades, etc. Go ahead, mix it up.
5. Bold or italicize words you want to have more umph or zing.
6. Use dynamic words. This includes buzz words, words not commonly used, and possibly made up words. Think about it, was ginormous a word in 1995? No, it just became a word. Ezine was just a phrase and then PLAZZAMO, it became a huge word for a type of newsletter.
7. Be humorous. You’re walking a tight rope on this one, but interesting writers need a lace of humor in some of their work. If the topic doesn’t call for it, don’t force it in there, but if you’ve set yourself up for a big spike - go for the joke, play on words, irony, etc.
8. Admit when you are wrong. If you just wrote an article on how the Cavs are going to wallop the Spurs 104-87 in Game 1, don’t write another after the game without coming clean. Readers like to see writers eat crow.
9. Don’t write an “I told you so.” Nobody wants to read someone write about how they were right.
10. I’ll be honest with you, I ran out of ideas after 4. I’ve been winging it since then.
Reference: Byros.com
June 10th, 2007 at 5:52 pm
i sound too angry in my blog and my readers have told me so..what u think about anger..? i mean most of the blogs i read the writer seems to be raging..just like moi!!
June 10th, 2007 at 9:46 pm
It depends on what topic(s) you’re writing about. I think you have to have different dispositions and styles when you write so that you keep the writer off balance. If you become predictable, you lose a lot of your luster.
I read your 6 blogs on here though and didn’t see any anger. Must be on other places
June 11th, 2007 at 12:03 pm
Yeah I have to agree I like to read what someone thinks without them stating they think so. And it does bring about raw emotions when people see it written as fact and not opinion though it’s still an opinion it’s just not pointing it out.
June 11th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
one of my lines above should say “keep the reader off balance.”
June 11th, 2007 at 2:10 pm
JayJay, you said it best. “I think so” or “In my opinion” really adds nothing to what you are saying as it is usually very obvious what is fact and opinion. Its one thing that always annoys me on commentaries.
June 24th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
This is great advice — and yes, I think it depends on the nature of the blog and what you are trying to accomplish. Some people do seem angry in their blogs, and it makes for interesting reading because i see it as passion about whatever it is the author is writing about. I think everyone needs to know there has to be purpose to writing, and through writing we can accomnplish many things.