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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