Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Welcome to the wonderful world of blogs - Part IV/b

Here is a follow-up of the previous post...

5. Keep in mind, the fundamental idea of blogs is to communicate your ideas and experiences to others. So, don't give excessive importance to the language (I definitely don't mean here, the use of inappropriate language) including the sentence construction, vocabulary, grammar and even effectiveness of what you write. Of course, all these are important as a writer, but should be kept within limits. This point is of great importance, especially for 'startups' like me and especially true in the case of writers, whose native language is not English. I spend considerable amount of time, thinking about each of the above mentioned aspects. I sometimes rewrite my sentences as much as 3-4 times on an average. This, I know, is bad. Not only it takes a huge amount of my time finishing it up, it also overstresses me and ultimately may even cause me to stop (at least temporarily) writing anything at all. Don't let this happen to you. I am aware of this problem, and constantly trying to get over it. That is actually one of the reasons, I started this blog - to help me practice writing.

6. Create handy templates, so that it is easier to put your thoughts on paper by just filling them up. Make sure to capture your ideas in the right sections.

7. Keywords are nice way to flesh ideas out. Start with a set of keywords, which are key to your message. Progressively add more keywords, until it correctly reflects the idea you are trying to convey.

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