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Change your Blogging Voice – Battling Bloggers Block

Posted By Darren Rowse 29th of November 2005 Writing Content 0 Comments

Blog Tip 17. Write in a different voice

It’s easy to get bored and stale with one tone of writing so it might be worth mixing it up occasionally and experimenting with a new voice.

While you don’t want to do this all the time (it’s important to establish a voice and develop some consistency in a blog) – it can be refreshing to do from time to time.

Write something in the third person, write a rant, inject some humor, write a fictional scenario etc. Change your voice or tone a little and you might just find it creates a bit of a spark in you (and your readers) that spawns a whole new aspect to your blog.

I noticed the impact of changing your voice a while back when I let loose with a little bit of a rant post – I got email from a couple of readers saying that they saw a different side of me when I did it – a bit of a change from the ‘nice/goodie goodie’ label I seem to get from time to time. I also found that it got me thinking in a different way – something that brought a bit of energy back into my blogging.

Read the rest of the battling bloggers block series

About Darren Rowse
Darren Rowse is the founder and editor of ProBlogger Blog Tips and Digital Photography School. Learn more about him here and connect with him on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
Comments
  1. Great, you seem to read my mind:-) I’ve changed my style for test just today – from that “goodie goodie/ultimately positive” style too to a little little bit ironic/harsh(but just a little). I think it reflects me a bit better…and hey, I really enjoyed writing my post.

  2. […] Blog Tip 18 – Change up your posting form – In the same way that it’s easy to get ’stuck’ in always posting in the same voice – it’s also possible to get stuck in always writing in the same form or genre. […]

  3. This is great reading everyone’s comments about this topic. I am currently taking many courses at college where I have to blog. In my newswriting class, we talk about blogs that help with articles. I think that your voice on your blog tells you a lot about the person.

  4. If you want to check out my blogs go to http://blogs.setonhill.edu/DenamarieErcolani.

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