Are Your Personal Stories Turning Readers Off?
This guest post is by Ali Luke of Aliventures . You’ve probably heard that you should put some of your personality into your blogging. And you know that stories are a great way to engage readers—to capture not just their attention, but their hearts as well. Perhaps some of your favorite bloggers are people like Naomi Dunford or Johnny B. Truant or Pace and Kyeli Smith —folks who write from the heart, who are open and honest, and who make you feel that you know them. You want your blog to be like that too. The problem is, it’s easy to get personal stories wrong. And a blog that’s too “me me me” can be a total turn-off for readers. They might not even read a full post before getting bored and clicking away. Copyright Anatoly Tiplyashin - Fotolia.com Readers are put off by… 1. Stories that have no point If you can’t think of what to post about, don’t just ramble about your life story or write about your day. Just as with any blog post—or any piece of writing—readers will expect some s...