Comments on: How Getting An F On Your School Paper Makes You A Better Blogger

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vacuum — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:57:32 +0000

I think getting an F can burn your spirit so your abilities in blogging will increase effectively. I’m in High School so I now how it works.

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Professor Money — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:02:21 +0000

Woah, I like the idea but the headline is totally irresponsible… How many under age kids will you mislead with this?

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Goji — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:21:24 +0000

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By: Chanelle

Chanelle — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:30:51 +0000

Great suggestions! It’s important to know that blogging is not an english essay. People will get bored within the first few sentences unless you’re interesting enough to keep their attention.

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By: Beth'a El-Shamy

Beth'a El-Shamy — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:26:03 +0000

This blog rang so true with me. I just finished another english course in college and it to was like death….. Let’s not forget the point that I was an ancient statue for most of the kids in my class. They were fresh with ideas and they knew all to well the structures in which you spoke of what we are taught.
But for me…. I was like a old treasure chest that was pulled out of the attic, and let’s face it my english structure was just that DUSTY.
Whatever happened with a good story starts with Inspiration, Inspiration starts with a dream and a dream with imagination. When we limit our imagination, we all but shackle it down and dare to let it out.
Whatever happened to close your eyes and let the pen come to life. Let your imagination dance along the paper or in today’s time the screen. Structure is great, but for me it is the shackles on my imagination.
Thanks for your inspiration in your post, it only helps to push my dreams along. And with that comes a great story!

By: Reza@Blogging Guide

Reza@Blogging Guide — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:24:43 +0000

I think getting an F can burn your spirit so your abilities in blogging will increase effectively. I’m in High School so I now how it works.

By: David Walker

David Walker — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:47:45 +0000

Yes Rob, I was one of those students submitting boring papers too.

It’s been harsh opening my eyes to “blogspeak”. It wasn’t until I started writing as I talked that it sounded less stuffy (and easier on my inner ear too)

I still have problems with passive voice; it’s something I need to beat over the head with a mallet until it goes away…far, far away.

Pavlov wouldn’t have done better, but a part of me is now grateful for the paragraphs and sentence structure drills.

By: Matches Malone

Matches Malone — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:06:57 +0000

Great article, just don’t show it to my daughter until after she graduates high school :)

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Baby Food Grinder — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:09:21 +0000

A really helpful post – you’d normally have to buy an ebook to get this kind of advice. Cheers.

- BFG

By: Atif

Atif — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:21:47 +0000

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By: PotPieGirl

PotPieGirl — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:16:09 +0000

I love this article! To me, a blog is a conversation – not an essay. I agree that sentences and grammar need to be somewhat structured, but I would MUCH rather read a blog with a few typos yet is an original voice and enjoyable.

Write for your audience, try to keep them engaged, and be yourself.

Don’t sweat the small stuff.

If someone is catching my (unavoidable) typos and is “sweating” over them, then I failed to keep them engaged in my conversation.

Or, they simply weren’t interested to begin with =)

Jennifer
~PotPieGirl

By: scheng1

scheng1 — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:33:21 +0000

I still remembered my English teacher refuse to mark my essay. She just wrote “far-fetched” and threw the story back!
I think she kills many creative writers with her attitude.

By: Rick Barlow

Rick Barlow — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:05:07 +0000

It’s never necessary to ignore grammatical structure in order to write better — more interestingly or effectively. The author certainly proves it in his own writing. Sloppy writing is always a turnoff. It makes the writer seem careless or inarticulate or both.

By: Robb Sutton

Robb Sutton — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:27:24 +0000

Thank you again for all of the responses. It is great to see the differing opinions on the subject.

This really hit home from John White:
“My 17-year-old son has had so many bad experiences with writing that he doesn’t even like to read anymore. I’d show him this post, except that I know he won’t read it.”

Because that was me! I didn’t even like reading because I despised writing with a fury. I don’t want to blame teachers because I had a few that tried to make things interesting…the curriculum was just bland. It really put a bad taste in my mouth for reading and writing for a long time.

By: John Sifferman

John Sifferman — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:12:45 +0000

I totally relate. When I started blogging last year, I had to completely relearn how to write. As I look back on my original blogposts, I see the transition from “research paper” into conversational writing that engages my readers.

I think that’s a major misconception about writing especially (blogging or otherwise) – that you have to follow culturally accepted rules of writing format.

You see, writers create language – not the other way around. Even though we don’t see the changes in our English language on the micro level; on a macro level, English is constantly changing. Were it not for writers expressing themselves as they feel compelled, we would still be talking with “thee’s” and “thou’s” today.