Do you have what it takes to be a good blogger?

After having spent a lovely time back home in France, the time has come to get back to work and be serious! What? Who, me, serious? 'Never' some would say. But when it comes to writing and sharing my stories, I can do nothing better but chat about what I have discovered. I shall call them my little discoveries!

The second semester has started and one of my goals is to keep up with a blog. 'But blogs are for teenagers who have nothing else to do except for letting the whole world and it's brother know their lives!' some would say. And that is EXACTLY what I am going to do, but with a few twists and turns to make it unique!

In order to achieve this, I had to think about what would make this blog particularly interesting and eye-catching... So, after having searched, admired, read through and most of all, observed a few blogs that my teacher had told us to take a sneak peak at, this is what I came up with:

Not this kind of 'lay out'...

• The layout
  It might be a small detail, but in fact, it's actually important! All the blogs I had a tendancey to look at had original and simple backgrounds, light and bright colours, a  s p a c e d  layout which made it all pleasant to read and never did they tire my eyes. Indeed, many  blogs that use the colour blue are actually considered to be relaxing!
  
• The topics
  Not only did these bloggers write about their life (not everything about them interests us!) but they shared what they like, a wide variety of topics with pictures (a blog is not a book, a blog NEEDS pictures!) and most of all, made each article uniquely amazing with excellently filled contents!



• Each post is unique! (just like you)
  In order for a blog to stick out amongst the others, it needs to be special. How? By making each post unique in it's own way. What I noticed was that these people spoke quite frankly and seemed extremely open to anything, absorbing us into their world, but in such a way that one cannot simply take their eyes away from the article! People need to feel linked to the words that are used.

I'm pretty sure that there are more little things that could make a blog a good blog, but for now I'd rather stick to what I found important and most importantly write about what I like! I have a tendancey to write long posts because my mind flows freely and I sense that there is more in myself than I tend to show. Moreover, it's a way for me to express myself and improve the way I communicate, and all of that whilst bringing a smile to some peoples faces (especially mine). So, time to set new goals from now onwards: one post per week! Challenge accepted!