I’m bored. So I decided I would give people a ‘heads up’ on how to write a successful blog post that might be for commercial or other entertainment type of sites. Using the 6 questions from journalism on proper writing- we can iron out some of the kinks in presenting ourselves in blog form on this pixel palace of a world called the ‘internet’. Not that it really MATTERS…but what the fuck- I’m bored as hell- so here goes…..

Points to remember:
1. WHO - have a topic. Pick out a person, place, or thing to make your ‘who’. Now, you can go OFF topic, but in general, have a point and a purpose to what you write or a theme on who you are writing about.

2. WHAT - this is the whole thing, WHAT is the point of your blog post/article? What are you trying to get across? Most people want it in a paragraph or less because their attention span is as short. Concisely break it down and put your point out there so people will understand what it is you are trying to get at.

3. WHEN - sometimes this is not necessary…unless you are talking about a specific moment in time or telling some juicy gossip..usually ‘when’ is the here and now.

4. WHY - Ok, WHY? Why would I find this important? Why is the who doing what? What is the who doing with what? (or who?) and why the fuck should I read this? (moreover, why the fuck am I writing this, that is the question.)

5. WHERE -Every story has a place or a setting. Where did this occur? Bumfuck? Internet? Down the street? In a major mag? Sometimes this does not apply. Giving your rant or story or juicy gossip or even insight- a WHERE might give more of a picture to the reader as to what point you are getting across.

6. TO WHAT EXTENT - this is pretty self explanitory. If you are known for kissing ass- kiss ass in your post. If you are known for telling it like it is- tell it like it is. You be you. It is just to what extent you want to put yourself and the information that you have out there. Granted, some people will read ANYTHING! There was once a blog post on how many times this girl’s cat used the damn litterbox and what it did each day in it. Gal even webcammed it. Now who would want to watch a cat take a shit? Someone out there… so don’t think no one will care- someone, SOMEWHERE will. (maybe some guy that gets off on cat turds?)

Once you have all those jotted down or typed into your word document..lay it out in a pyramid style. You want to make readers WANT to read your post. So give it a catchy title and nice little lead in sentence to sum up the point of the post.Place the most important or startling factoid at the top. Lead INTO the post.Then go to the second most important point, and so on…until you are done with whatever the fuck you were trying to say.

Now this may seem like ‘ranting’ to most folk who hate to read anything of substance- but actually it is a pretty well laid out journalistic view of how to write using the 6 rules of journalism. Oh, don’t forget to SPELLCHECK. Also feel free to add in your own comments here and there, but don’t go overboard on expressing your feelings unless you are known for doing so or just want to get them off of your chest. Most of the time, people really won’t care what the fuck you have to say anyway, but it’s the thought that counts ;)Just like now. Who gives a shit? But I’m killing time.

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