Tony Pierce has a very interesting (if contentious) post about how to blog. Most of his list is right on the mark; some misses by a mile.
13. if you havent written about sex, religion, and politics in a week youre probably playing it too safe, which means you probably fucked up on #5, in which case start a second blog and keep your big mouth shut about it this time.
14. remember: nobody cares which N*Sync member you are, what State you are, which Party of Five kid you are, or which Weezer song you are. the second you put one of those things on your blog you need to delete your blog and try out for the marching band. similarilly, nobody gives a shit what the weather is like in your town, nobody wants you to change their cursor into a butterfly, nobody wants to vote on whether your blog is hot or not, and nobody gives a rat ass what song youre listening to. write something Real for you, about you, every day.
15. dont be afraid if you think something has been said before. it has. and better. big whoop. say it anyway using your own words as honestly as you can. just let it out.
In order to write a good blog its not neccessary not to write something that disturbs someone. Something is valuable that can be disputed. So I understand that you have to speak in your own words but I dont understand why you have to speak about religion, sex, or politics. Its true that these topics are controversial and good to be disputed but there might be some other topics that can be disputed by others.
Well, isn’t a blog about just being who you want to be? Maybe you don’t have anything interesting to say, but you just want to say it.
Jeez, that sounded bad right now.
I’m an inveterate diarist who was inspired to blog by others (such as this one) whose online worlds become rich and interesting.
I may or may not have anything worthwhile to say. Maybe some kindred spirit will find thier way here; otherwise I just had good fun.
Short form for all of the above; I blog because I wanna. I just have to scratch my head when someone comes up with rulez for everyone based on thier own experience.