Part of my plan to reach $3.00 a day blogging on Triond is to post something on my Triond blog every day.
I’m at a distinct advantage to many of my brother and sister bloggers. I have a secure income that allows me to spend all day blogging. Of course, when I say I send all day blogging, what I really mean is I spend all day reading, commenting and stretched out on the sofa listening to classic rock-and drinking beer when I can afford it-trying to come up with something to post. I also do a lot of pacing around and around my small apartment and looking out the windows trying to come up with an idea for a new post. It’s the same process I went through for years writing very short stories. Thank goodness. The process is now inching me closer and closer to three dollars every day. How? The articles that I blog have the same structure of the stories I agonized over. Now I write flash articles. There must be a setup, a buildup and a payoff.
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Many bloggers cannot write good short articles for several reasons. One reason is, the shorter an article is the deeper it should be. Now think about that. It just means the article should have depth. How do you do this? Rigorous self-editing.
Also, a very short post must be complete. Everything that needs to be covered should be covered.
Which brings me to my final point. To write flash articles a blogger must think like a writer of very short articles. This is probably the most difficult part of the process because it must be part of the blogger’s constant state of mind. The blogger must train to think this way and this takes time before it becomes automatic.
Now, I’m just talking about bloggers who want to blog short. Short blogging does not fit the style or the subject matter of many bloggers. It fits me.
Maybe it can fit you.
OK guy u know what u r talking about and have a strategy n a plan u r following gr8 all the best.
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another brilliant work!..thanks for sharing this great infos..keep it up..cheers
You always give good advice. Another great post.
Christine
I’ve written many short stories over the years unfortunatley non published. I’m taking a break from short story writing before I get dispondant. I write an article a day to keep my hand in on Triond. good advice as always.
metro7, it’s good to have a plan. A plan keeps you focused. It doesn’t mean the plan is going to work. If it doesn’t work you make adjustments.
Mr. Ghaz, thank you. I try to write articles that are useful to other people.
Christine, I definitely try to give good advice. Blogging is still very much a learning process for me.
Lord Banks, writing for Triond will help to keep the creative juices flowing.
Thanks Guy, you’ve got this short writing structure all sorted.
valmnz, I have flash fiction to thank for it.
By planning it’s easy to reach to the goal what we have in our mind..Thanks Hogan
yea i needed dat cuz im new on here and im not making very much progress.so thanks for the advice.
cutedrishti8, having a plan helps me stay focused and if the plan doesn’t work I’ll make adjustments or make a new plan.
mikel, I hope the article was helpful. Becoming a successful blogger is not easy.
I am definitely interested in your advice. I am restructuring always.
Elizabeth, flash fiction can teach a writer a lot of things beyond just writing very short stories. The main thing flash fiction teaches is conciseness of expression which is perfect for the kind of articles I write for Triond.
A flash article is very short but it must contain all the information that is needed to support the introduction.
There should be an introduction, a middle with supporting information and a conclusion. Just like this article.
And again a great article to help your brother and sister blogger. Very great of you to share. I was reading your blog the other day on how you want to make 3.00 a day. This inspired me. I don’t have much time to work on this but, I figure I can get up every morning and put something down. This will help me to get the creative juices flowing and start my day with a clear head. My goal is to be making .50 a day by the 1st of the year and then I will go from there. Be better if I could get more then that but I am starting out so i don’t expect much.
Thanks again and good luck with your goal.
Adam, that’s the right idea. Set a goal that you have a chance of reaching; you will learn all kinds of things reaching the goal of 0.50 a day. Then you will have a better ideas of how to reach $1.00 a day and so on. Good luck.
Interesting article, I’m hoping to eventually make a decent living at Triond.
Well done Guy, as ever.
Concise,constructive and complete.
I have done all your examples and seem to stick a bit on my fellow blogger’s memory. Great work my friend.
I enjoy reading your articles. It teaches me alot especially with blogging. Thanks so much!
Sue, good luck. I hope my articles are helping with your goal.
oldster, if I know anything I know concise and complete. Writing flash articles is an art form itself.
deep blue, I always try to write articles that are useful. There are a lot of people who are interested in blogging for money. It’s a good subject and I know a little about it.
AlmaG, I do take pride in producing useful articles that are of practical use for other bloggers. So, thank you.
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Sometimes I like to read short articles but I sometimes I like a longer one
another very informative interesting blog. keep it up hope you reach your goal.
(how long have you bin writeing?)
Very interesting, thanks for the good information.
Writing short article sometimes more difficult than writing a longer one. Thanks for the info.
I agree that writing short articles is sometimes tougher than writing long ones. Thanks for the info. The idea of the flash article is interesting and it’s appealing in this day when finding time to read is difficult.
I love a man with a plan. Good post.
Every post of yours is eye-opening. I look at myself and think of what I need to change/do. Thanks Guy!
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