@transcript-junky, You have the perfect understanding about blogging. People's attention span is usually about 20 minutes after which you tend to loose them. translating that to blogging, a blog with 750 to 1500 words ( max 2000 words) is ideal to retain the attention span, interjected with some nice images and some light conversations.
A serious / dry subject tends to lose attention much faster, so some trivias, titbits, did you knows, short stories, jokes, one liners, catch phrases etc do help in creating an engaging conversation with the reader while keeping the essence of the blog in tact and delivering what it was intended to do.
I am a free flow writer ( first time blogger at steemit, never blogged earlier) I write as the thought comes to my mind and I do not prepare a draft. when it comes to serious subjects or something that needs deeper understanding or research, I read as much as possible first and then spend some time pondering over it and then just start writing as my mind flows. some new ideas and thoughts come in and the blog takes a different path. as you said it is an art that requires constant tweaking.
from your reply I see that you already have what it takes to become successful in this platform. Ciao.
@topdog Thanks. Yes, I am ALSO a more free-form writer, as well as a poet, and so my natural mode is to simply spew words onto the page, and THEN go back and do the REAL work of shaping it into something managebly consumable to the reader. The good news is that this is a common mode for many writers, and there are proven techniques which help make the transition from "mental spew" to more polished prose. Actually, the research aspect of these more non-fiction posts I write provides the kind of order/structure which helps "save me from myself", by making the writing process more organized, and the finished product equally organized. It's a bit of work, but the finished product is always satisfying in the sense that I know the reader is able to gain somee valuable knowledge, in a way which is enjoyable, since I write in a way which is relatively easy to digest. Thanks for your complimentary feedback. @transcript-junky
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