Comments on: Why You Don't Have To Like Writing To Be A Great Blogger

By: The Shackled Muse | Cheryl-Anne Roelofsz

The Shackled Muse | Cheryl-Anne Roelofsz — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:56:39 +0000

Its safe to say that I’m in those shoes right now. I know I’m good at writing poetry as my deviantart page shows. But writing in “non-rhyming structures” feels so out of my league. Especially when you add the blogging necessities like wordpress and code and css. It all seems so intimidating, adding the pressure of using grammatically correct phrases and stuff.

I know I don’t. English is not my first language and I do have trouble with words sometimes.

Thanks for your post, it really motivated me to keep going and to stress less about grammar and using perfect English.

(kinda reminds me of a song I once heard: “I like boys with strong convictions and convicts with perfect diction.” Lol)

By: TheInfoPreneur

TheInfoPreneur — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:48:23 +0000

It’s fantastic to read a post like this that backs up my own opinion and approach.

I recently wrote a post called, I’m a Dumb Ass But I’m Doing It. You don’t need an english lit degree or a marketing background.

Write about what you are passionate about and promote it!

Great post well worth a re-tweet

By: Darni

Darni — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:18:45 +0000

You didn’t like writing before,but you do like to write now,right?Oh you can’t right such long articles everyday.I didn’t like writing before.Because I was forced to write by my teacher.I didn’t have anything to say actually.But now is different.I write for myself and I’m writing about the topic which I’m interested in.So I begin to feel that writing is not so bad as I thought before.

By: Robb Sutton

Robb Sutton — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:12:43 +0000

I have had the most success when I am completely honest and transparent. Readers want to connect with the blogger…and that is the best way to accomplish that.

By: Sarge | BeginnerBlogger.com

Sarge | BeginnerBlogger.com — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:56:31 +0000

You made the point that clicks – We’re writing about something we’re passionate about, therefore we enjoy writing about it.

When I was in school I hated writing because we were forced to write about subjects I didn’t give a damn about at the time. We didn’t want to write about it, we had to though.

People that blog are blogging because they choose to and more times than not they’re at least interested in the subject they’re writing about. Which makes a huge difference

Sarge | BeginnerBlogger.com

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:02:20 +0000

Robb,

Blogging is about being real. Speak from the heart. No matter how the writing sounds you’ll impress most people when being genuine. Honesty is a rare and attractive trait.

By: Taylor Sherman

Taylor Sherman — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:51:09 +0000

Hey Robb,

Great article, I really enjoyed this one and although I got pretty good grades on my school papers, I still find it hard to sit down and write for long periods of time, and doing blog articles is not my forte. It seems like if we just keep going, we’ll figure it out!

Hope you are doing great,

Taylor

By: Robb Sutton

Robb Sutton — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:31:57 +0000

It is all about having different experiences as a blogger. I see a lot of beginning bloggers try to fake that experience (especially if they are jumping into the “how to blog” or “how to make money online” niche without ever actually doing either) and your readers will be able to see straight through that.

Be open, honest and yourself…the rest is enjoying the ride.

By: Robb Sutton

Robb Sutton — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:29:53 +0000

Finding that style only comes through doing it over and over again too. For some…that might come easy…but for me, it took awhile.

By: Robb Sutton

Robb Sutton — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:28:52 +0000

It is a frustrating point…but a crucial one. The amount of knowledge you are soaking in right now will help you throughout your blogging. Keep at it!