I will be running another online course in blogging in the evenings of the 17th and 24th November 2023.
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Creating personas
I asked Claude.AI to create some personas for my writing about different forms of writing. What was the result?
Read More7 blogging questions
There are not really many hard and fast “rules” of blogging as such, but here are a few thoughts based on my experience of blogging, teaching teachers about blogging and teaching a course on blogging.
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Conversing, by Terry Freedman
Blogging: to comment or not to comment, that is the question
Is it rude to comment on blog posts?
Read MoreHow long should a blog post be?
One of the questions that is bound to come up in the blogging taster course I’m teaching later this week is: how long should a blog post be? (I know it’s bound to come up, because I’m going to ask it!)
Read MoreThe Professional Writer: 8 reasons to blog
Here are my reflections on some of the reasons that I think writers should maintain a blog.
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Blogger, by Terry Freedman
Writing for blogs: a taster
Have you ever wondered if blogging is for you? If you’ve thought about it, but are not sure enough to want to invest much time or money finding out, a course I’m going to be teaching could be the answer.
Read MoreHow I learnt to stop worrying and love the blog
How long should a blog post be?
Read MoreThe anatomy of the perfect blog post
This infographic appeared in my inbox. I am not sure whether all of this would work for every kind of blog and every kind of audience, but it has a few interesting suggestions.
Read MoreHandwriting fonts revisited
While I was writing the blog post entitled Handwriting on the Web, I was quite surprised that the typeface appeared as it was intended to: I’d assumed I’d have to take a screenshot of it to make it appear properly in a web browser. As it turns out, my original instincts were correct.Handwriting on the web
So, you’d like to use a handwriting font on your website or blog? It’s pretty easy, but you ought to think about the impression you want to create. And perhaps use it sparingly, unlke in this article.Using Scrivener for blogging
A short while ago I published an article called 5 reasons for using Scrivener for writing books.
I wondered: could Scrivener be used to write blog articles?
Blogging software
I've recently been having a few problems with Windows Live Writer and Squarespace. Well, one problem actually: they refused to work together any longer. Each time I clicked on "Send to blog", an error message popped up saying "We can't find it", or words to that effect.
That's all fixed now, thanks to the good folk at Squarespace, but in the meantime I thought I'd check out some of the alternatives.
How to create a blog
If you’ve decided that you’d like to blog, or at least that you’d like to dip your toe in the water and see if blogging is for you, you’ll be pleased to know that you don’t have to expend a huge amount of time or effort – or money.
7 reasons writers should blog
Here are my reflections on some of the reasons that I think writers should maintain a blog. They are by no means mutually exclusive.
In no particular order…
Digital Writing Month
OK, it’s official: I am completely insane. The last time I posted anything on this website was back in July (sound of wrist being slapped), but I’d like to get going again. So what better way than to register for Digital Writing Month?
Blogging from Word
A really good blog editor is hard to find. But if you create your day-to-day documents in Word, why not use that as a blog editor too?
How to make your web pages text-reader friendly
Pictures on websites look great, don’t they? But only if people can see them! Not everyone has broadband access; some people still have (very slow) modems. Others use a text-based browser, or a text reader that reads out the web page to them – or simply do not have the time to wait while pictures download and appear on their screen.