BLOGGING AND ME

Hello friends, I started writing a blog to fill in the time when I was free. I wanted to fill my time with constructive work. My friends encouraged me to write and write what I felt and pour my thoughts. One of my friends told me that there are people out there who wanted to hear and read all that I had to write.

Slowly my journey began and I wrote how I was feeling at that time. My second blog was about only two lines. People read that too. Since I was a beginner my blogs were very short. They lacked substance and matter. I always asked my friends about my writing. I was always trying to improve. I was always looking for my shortcomings.

One day I seriously asked my friend to criticize my blog. She never used to say much thinking I would feel offended. Today on my encouragement she openly told me that I was not providing my readers an interesting conclusion. She said my conclusion was unfinished and the readers might find it an abrupt ending.

I started to work on my flaws and my blogs improved. I started story narration in my blogs. Many gave me compliments about my style of narration.  It was a new beginning for me to write a new style for my readers which they were also appreciating. Blog writing became more fun and interesting. Once that was a hobby and now became a passion.

One day I had gone to the market and one of my Facebook friends asked me are you the  Rehana who is writing blogs on Facebook? I was a little hesitant when I acknowledge that it was me … she started to say though she had little knowledge of blogging she liked my blogs. I went on to explain to her at length what was blogging and how it is monetized.

The other day had gone to a picnic with a large group of friends and family. It was a lot of fun. We had caught up with everyone after quite some time and so it was all an eventful picnic. People who knew about my blogging business were interested to know how it was monetized and I with my lame tech knowledge explained to them. Few who understood liked the whole concept of blogging and its monetization. And yes there are always a few cynical ones who always have an extremely negative view and have nothing good to say about anything.

 I really need to put in more effort. I have to read more and more … get more knowledge so that I get more matter, content, and substance in my writing. I was also constantly reading in a way that made blogs interesting. Slowly I learned what my post lacked. I started to put in real-life examples and defined what my topic of discussion. Now my blogs were taking good shape with substance, content, and body. I was happy that my blogs were no longer short. They were interesting and my readers were liking my style of writing. My readers were growing, my view increasing and my followers were rising too. 

After writing this blog, I hope that it will help novice bloggers improve their writing in some way. My limited knowledge will benefit other bloggers. I'm excited and happy about the comments I might get, both positive and negative. What I've learned throughout my blog writing journey is that writing blogs makes them simple, straightforward, and easy for readers to understand and relate to.

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