*School Assignment*

I tried to make a blog once. It had a theme, and I was trying to be funny and update it every now and again. I eventually let it to rot as my time for selfish pleasures such as writing are not in abundance with my new school and work regimen. Once I get started writing, I love and can usually write for some time. However, there is always something else I need to be doing that deals with things that I am responsible for, and work is a majority of that in my life. With that being said, this is that blog and since I took so much care and time creating it before, perhaps now I can use it to begin anew. This assignment, and this class, can be the concrete schoolwork that is always more important, but perhaps blended with the all too fleeting creative aspect for my non-existent free time. Understandably, if this is unsuitable I will create a new blog. But I feel at this point in time it can be new again, since it is so old to me now.

My number one tip for creating a blog is to make it visually appealing. If people can’t read the words or are too distracted, they won’t bother reading it. Also, keep the content short. If someone looks at a news story, or a blog entry, and it’s thousands of words long odds are immediately the reader will decide they will not have the luxury of time to read it and therefore never start. However if it looks short enough to finish in one sitting, they will invest the time to start reading and therefore finish reading.

Also, since I already mentioned it, keep up with it. You can have many fans if they are looking for new content. People will not wait too long unless they are already a fan. I am not a visual arts major, and therefore I kept it white on black, with a picture per entry to draw the eye. I tried to make it funny, and not take myself or the content too seriously. I’m also looking forward to adding fresh content for this class.