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Story Ideas for Your Blog
By Deb Gallardo
Fiction writers aren’t the only ones who need story ideas. Good writing is, at its core, a form of story telling, and regardless of how advanced our civilization has become, we are still fascinated with stories. “Tell me a story, Mommy!” comes from a need deep in the psyche, not just a desire to prolong staying awake as a child.
Whether you’re writing for the web, newspapers, magazines or books, the main objective of any writing is to be read.
Alexandria Brown is one of those successful women who have made it big in her field. Ali is the self-styled “Ezine Queen” and has written an article that should help anyone who writes non-fiction.
Her first bit of advice is that every article needs to have an “angle.” Without a unique slant, your article will just blend into the morass of other writing on the subject.
Ali lists 7 formats of the kind of articles that people want to read.
More than half are ones you would expect to find – Interviews, case studies, lists and how-to’s. These aren’t breaking new ground, but they do bear repeating. The last three were something of a surprise to me. Perhaps “surprise” is too strong a word. I was intrigued by them, shall we say?
They are the “straw man,” (you’ll need to read the article to get this one) the trend and the study finding. Suffice it to say, this article is well worth reading in its entirety. 7 Formulas for Writing Articles That Get Read! (opens in new window)
Ali Brown is president of AKB Marketing Communications. http://www.akbwriting.com
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1 Comment »
February 10th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
Hi Deb,
Thanks for this resource. I have 2 blogs and frequently write articles. I was not aware of what people read — I only knew about the lists. Hmmm, good food for thought