User blog:Dorkpool/Some Blog Post Advice

So, I’ve been seeing a decent amount of blog posts recently that are basically, well, nothing. This bugs me more than a little bit, partly because I put a decent amount of effort into my blog posts. I write them out in Word, look over them, edit them, then post them. There are a ton I haven’t posted simply because I didn’t feel they were good enough.

Meanwhile, there are these little one to two sentence blogs that can’t even write those one to two sentences grammatically correct, or are reviews that are basically saying something sucks because it sucks or whatever. I could spend hours just bitching about these, since bitching about inconsequential idiocy is sort of my thing, but rather than bitch I’m going to give you folks thinking of writing a blog post some advice.

First off, have some substance to your blog post. Don’t just write a one to two sentence thing. Write a paragraph or two. Give it some length, you know?

Second, have a point. Know what you want to say, say it, and explain why you said it. It doesn’t even have to be about Creepypasta. People have written blog posts about their lives, films, or just simple introductions. Hell, I’ve written about things not at all related to Creepypasta. From superhero movies to Star Trek to superhero TV shows to the possibly disturbing history of the world of the Poptarts ads to a fuckton of stuff about Spider-Man. Doesn’t matter what the subject is (as long as its not something terrible or offensive or political), just have a point and make it.

Third, have decent spelling and grammar. It doesn’t even have to be perfect. Just, at the very least, have spelling and grammar that gives the impression you tried writing something with proper spelling and grammar, and made a mistake or two. This isn’t a necessity per se, it’d just be nice. You look like less of an idiot that way.

This is, admittedly, kind of a dumb topic to address, but it’s kind of important to me. Stupid as it sounds, doing a bunch of blog posts really helped my writing, and helped me find my voice as a writer (that voice, by the way, can best be described as “smartass who won’t shut up and makes way too many parenthetical asides”). Blog posts are where I started the Riffs, something that really helped me with my comedy writing. Blog posts are where I made a name for myself on this Wiki. I’ve written a lot of these fucking things (225, last I checked), and put some kind of effort into each of them.

Stop being lazy, and put some effort into your own. Maybe these will help you find your voice.

Just make sure that voice has some idea about how English works, ok?