{"id":796,"date":"2017-10-20T09:50:18","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T16:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/?page_id=796"},"modified":"2017-10-20T10:00:08","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T17:00:08","slug":"blogging-tips","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/blogging-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Blogging Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-798 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/files\/2017\/10\/Blogging-Tips-for-Beginners.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/files\/2017\/10\/Blogging-Tips-for-Beginners.jpg 640w, http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/files\/2017\/10\/Blogging-Tips-for-Beginners-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/files\/2017\/10\/Blogging-Tips-for-Beginners-600x399.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>&nbsp;<strong>Keep it short!<\/strong> You want people to read the whole thing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Write like you talk!<\/strong>&nbsp; The more approachable your writing is, the more people will enjoy it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Show your personality!<\/strong>&nbsp;Some people like to crack jokes, some like to make pop culture references, and others have a way with vivid descriptions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Write on a narrow topic!<\/strong>&nbsp; Do not make your topic too broad because it will need too much information.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Use data as evidence!<\/strong>&nbsp; When you are making an argument and claims, root it in data and research.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Do not plagiarize!<\/strong>&nbsp; &nbsp;Do not think you can get away with copy-and-paste.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Learn how to cite others!<\/strong> It&#8217;s essential to recognize your source of information.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t think you&#8217;re done once your writing is done!<\/strong> Most times our first drafts aren&#8217;t that good.&nbsp; It still needs editing, and maybe a lot of it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Take 5 minutes to edit your piece!<\/strong> Everyone needs to edit their writing, even the most experienced writers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t try to make your post perfect<\/strong>!&nbsp;There will&nbsp;<em>always<\/em>&nbsp;be more things you can do to make your posts better. More images. Better phrasing. Wittier jokes. The best writers I know, know when to stop obsessing and just hit &#8220;publish.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>source:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hubspot.com\/marketing\/beginner-blogger-mistakes\">https:\/\/blog.hubspot.com\/marketing\/beginner-blogger-mistakes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-797 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/files\/2017\/10\/Shakespeare.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"516\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/files\/2017\/10\/Shakespeare.jpg 516w, http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/files\/2017\/10\/Shakespeare-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Keep it short! You want people to read the whole thing. Write like you talk!&nbsp; The more approachable your writing is, the more people will enjoy it. Show your personality!&nbsp;Some people like to crack jokes, some like to make pop culture references, and others have a way with vivid descriptions. Write on a narrow topic!&nbsp; Do not make<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6537,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/796"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6537"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":804,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/796\/revisions\/804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithjoanne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}