Performancing: Tell a Good Story

A new post in Performancing, called Tell a Good Story, talks about how to make personal blogs more interesting.

Usually, by “personal blog”, people tend to imagine a nihilistic teenager who whines about the absurdity of existence, while writing about what he ate yesterday. And, certainly, many blogs are no more than that.

But even a personal, non-thematic blog can be much more interesting than the above example. Even if not of “general” interest (but then, even a thematic blog isn’t of general interest - it’s only meant for those who’re interested in the theme), at least to those who, even though they don’t know the author, have similar tastes and personality. Or simply enjoy reading interesting stories and opinions.

The author’s suggestion is, basically, to tell a good story (which you may already have deduced from the title :)) When talking about your life, for instance, you can be original, create mysteries which are only solved at the end (thus causing the reader to read the entire post), have a sense of humor, create a pleasant read. In short, be interesting. Or, alternatively, you can simply say “I did this, then I did that, and then I did that“. Obviously, the former version is much better… but also much rarer.

Really, read the article, it’s a very good one.

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