How to Blog if You Suck at Writing

As a blogger, you are often conscious about how well you are doing. You might even ask your readers for their feedback on your writing. You are too worried that you would suck at blogging because this is something new that you have started, and you are not a good writer. Welcome to my world when I first started blogging. I am going to tell you that this is not something unusual. New bloggers often feel this way because they want to make everything right. Now, I am going to tell you to stop worrying. Put your worries aside, and START SOMETHING.

People are so hesitant to be embarrassed on the web because of their writing, they don’t even start. So the first thing you need to do is start because you can always learn from your mistakes later. You might not be a good writer, but you can be a good blogger! So DON’T GIVE UP.

I was always told when I was reading a lot of blogging books, that a lot of famous bloggers are good writers. But there are a few that are not good writers, but they are famous bloggers. I always wonder if it is true to be a good writer. Then I realized NO, you don’t. As a matter of fact you don’t have to be a writer at all to blog. You can not have passed the 8th grade Writing Class and still be a great blogger. Because does not limit your possibilities. You can video blog, or have your own podcasts. But even if you want to write, I say you don’t have to be a good writer. You just need to be smart and make the right decisions.

Choose The Topic Which Interests You The Most

You will run out of things to write about if you have no interest in the topic. For instance, I might start a cooking blog. I have no interest in cooking what so ever, but I think that is where I will make tons of money. NOPE. Wrong Choice. Never start something with the sole interest of making money because you won’t make any money. You might think it is a Cliche saying, but it is true.

So find something that you can talk about all day long and not be tired of. A topic that if your friends remember it, they remember it because of you. You annoy the hell out of them when you talk about this topic, because you talk too much about this particular topic. If you are not sure what this topic might be, ask your friends. Trust me, they will tell you because you annoy the crap out of their life with this topic.

Find a topic that is not limiting. Find something that keeps growing. I think all topics can grow, it depends on one’s imagination, but there are some topics that are too limited. You get limited when you go too specific. So try to stay a little general. What I am trying to say is don’t pick the most general category, and don’t pick the most specific category. Stay in the middle grounds. So for example, you can write about Internet, Web Development, Developing horizontal navigations. I would say stick with web development because it give you more room to write about just in case if you run out of topics.

Don’t Try to Be Some One That You Are Not

Don’t try to be some wise person if you are not. Don’t try to be a good writer if you are not. Don’t use big words, if you don’t use them. You know why? Because you will screw up. Your writing lose your personality because you are not being you. You are trying to be some one else that you are not. The best quality in writing is personality. YOUR VOICE. Which diminishes in big words because that is not your style. If your style is YO Homies, Wud up, then write like that. Trust me people are not here to grade you on your grammar. They are here to enjoy good content.

I can tell you that one can provide good content without having good grammar, or big words. I can be interesting without being confusing. I can entertain my audience with my words. By making silly jokes in my posts, by sounding funny with the choice of my words, and so much on. Remember that your audience come to your blog to be entertained. To get a unique view. Give them that. Hey if they learn something from it. YAY for both of us, but that is not my main point. I want to provide my audience with a unique view that is entertaining at the same time useful to them.

So BE YOURSELF. Same thing if you are video blogging. You don’t have to dress up in a dress shirt and a pant. Simply pop out with your blings on if thats who you really are. People would appreciate it because you are being YOU.

Why You Should Worry?