So you want to be a writer. Well, join the club. Every other web-savvy, pop culture-obsessed post-collegiate slacker had the same idea before you. You would appear to have your work cut out for you. But that is no reason for discouragement. Start writing, and write now. Right now. Knock out those first 10 high quality articles and try to sell them to the big sites. But before you do, here are five tips to keep in mind: 1. Find your voice. I know, I know; this is easier said than done. But it really is the most crucial step…
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1. What is a blog? A contraction of the words “web” and “log,” a blog, often misspelled “bloge,” is an online resource for sharing information. A blog post can often be likened to a journal entry, though the most professional blogs attempt to keep their content more formal in tone. There are 3 million new blogs created each month, feeding the already-existent 150 million on the web. So, now you know what a blog, or “bloge,” is. 2. How do you make it work? Data shows that only about 27 percent of bloggers are full-time. That makes sense, given how…