Comments on: 10 elements of style of blog post writing

By: Janet Thaeler

Janet Thaeler — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:50:13 +0000

This same style is what I advocate for press releases. Also rather than AP Style I call it OL for Online Style. Another difference is using numbers rather than writing them out. Instead of “Nine Ways to Save on your Cable Bill”, use the easier to skim “9 Ways to Save on your Cable Bill.”

-Janet
@onlineprbook

By: James

James — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:41:54 +0000

This is all well and good, but I think good writers know when to adapt their message and language to their audience. The problem with Strunk and White is that it is extremely prescriptive, making people think that there is only one “correct” way of writing—which is incorrect. Certainly there are some basic rules to follow that make one’s writing comprehensible to the general population, but the rules set out in Strunk and White have been stifling creativity for decades and making communications majors into writing snobs who have no idea what it means to actually communicate.

People, it’s okay to end a sentence with a preposition. It’s okay to “split the infinitive.” And it’s okay to *gasp* begin a sentence with “and.” Telling people to “be clear”—and calling that writing advice—only serves to worsen the problem.

By: vijayakumar

vijayakumar — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:46:02 +0000

very resourceful marko. Gosh!! I got addicted to your blog postings . Thank you for such a valuable post. This will definitely help budding bloggers like me. Thanks again,

rgds
VJ

By: Debbie Ferm

Debbie Ferm — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:09:02 +0000

Thank you for telling people to get Strunk and White! It makes me crazy when people think they can abandon writing conventions just because they are blogging. It is certainly ok to break the rules for effect, but you have to know when you are doing it or you just sound dumb.

Love it,

Debbie Ferm

By: Marko Saric

Marko Saric — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:20:42 +0000

Thanks for the kind words Brian! Glad you enjoyed it.

By: Brian Heys

Brian Heys — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:07:54 +0000

The last time I read a post like this, I was devastated to find it full of awful advice, telling people to leave out commas, capitalise the first character of every word, etc.

Thankfully, your article contains some genuine, useful advice.

Great-looking blog too.

By: BrianJUY

BrianJUY — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:03:19 +0000

Good Post. You stated some fine points that any writer can use, not just for blogging.

By: Marko Saric

Marko Saric — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:59:31 +0000

Sounds good Laura. Thanks for sharing my blog posts.

By: Laura Kinoshita

Laura Kinoshita — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:25:09 +0000

Awesome tips. I’m going to be e-mailing some of these to my copyediting and proofreading clients.

By: Marko Saric

Marko Saric — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:22:06 +0000

Definitely. Everyone always says the old and boring “think out of the box” but it is true. You can get inspired non-traditional way, you can learn from other and not exactly related things, you do not have to learn it all from other blogs. As long as you are always thinking with the blogging mindset no matter what you do. It will help you and make your blog and your writing more unique.