Comments on: How to Leave Your Readers Better Than You Found Them

By: Story Time « TheUniversityBlog

Story Time « TheUniversityBlog — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:01:59 +0000

[...] know I don’t tell enough stories when I write here, so I must try harder. Good writing comes through telling stories because you’re expressing as opposed to [...]

By: mk akan

mk akan — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:21:36 +0000

i enjoy stories and always try to add stories to my blog post.it connects you emotionally to the readers.this really works.
great post

By: Jack

Jack — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:23:21 +0000

Just short of six years of blogging and close to ten thousand posts and I still publish almost everything I write. I am a father, son, husband, brother and more.

My blog reflects my life in all of those capacities. Part of the reason why I publish the posts that I think fall short of the mark is it brings authenticity.

I like showing the good and the bad. It seems to resonate with the readers too. A big part of becoming a successful blogger is finding your voice and then sharing it with others.

You have some solid advice in this post,I liked it. Thank you for sharing it with us.

By: tobias tinker

tobias tinker — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:22:12 +0000

Well this was a highly useful thing to stumble upon! So many things to apply this to. Thanks for that…

By: HonestAchiever

HonestAchiever — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:31:38 +0000

Hey, great post! And I read it at a great time too. I just started a blog and was clueless to how people would respond.Thank you!

By: Nathalie Lussier

Nathalie Lussier — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:10:51 +0000

@Charlotte: I love that this sparked a new way of using a concept you already know and love. Thanks for sharing! :)

By: Charlotte Rains Dixon

Charlotte Rains Dixon — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:11:03 +0000

Great concept. I’m very familiar with it in writing fiction, and am forever nagging students about making sure a scene rises or falls, but haven’t thought about it in terms of blogging. Makes a lot of sense, thanks.

By: Nathalie Lussier

Nathalie Lussier — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:22:13 +0000

@Joylene: I love that you were able to find that here! Yes, you are providing something even if it’s entertainment, help, and engagement, woohoo. :)

@Dshan: Ooh you really nailed it when bridging the gap between personal online diaries and sharing for the community side of things. I’ve seen bloggers pull this off nicely, and it sounds like you know some too. :)

@Alex: I like your idea of a toll gate, where they can stop and see how they are doing at some point on their journey. Great metaphor!

By: Alex Blackwell

Alex Blackwell — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:30:29 +0000

Nathalie,

Each blog post can be part of an overall content strategy the blogger has in mind. I think of each post as a milestone,a toll gate, where readers can stop and assess where they are before continuing.

Good stuff here,

Alex

By: DShan

DShan — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:17:25 +0000

Pieces of this are incredible relevant to the vast sea of personal bloggers out there. I really feel the segment of writers who are growing as bloggers by articulating their daily lives reaches an inflection point at which they have a community of people invested, and a personal life that might stop cooperating with the need for material.

What the successful ones do is find their voice in that struggle…they find the ways that their storytelling is unique, sustainable, and an enjoyable endeavor. The blogging becomes more about the composition and relationship to an audience/community – commonalities, weird experiences, thoughts, and musings. It’s no longer just a diary…it’s a screenplay, filled with the good stuff.

It’s a conversation with the reader, and bridging the ‘I write this for myself as a diary’ to ‘my audience has a stake in this’ gap is challenging. These are great tips on how to move forward as a writer.