The Two Worst Blogging Styles in Writing That You Should Really Stay Away From

It's been a long week. Just as what I've promised, a killer tip to blast this week off. From thousands (okay maybe hundreds)of blogs that I've been following for the past two years, I could say I have enough of the credit to talk to you about the various writing styles in blogging. I've seen the best ones, and also probably the worst, and I would make it a point to spread the word so you won't do the same grave mistakes.


The Two Worst Blogging Styles in Writing

I had lots of close encounters mind you. These sort of styles just makes me want to close the browser before I the built-in auto-corrector would turn on (saves me from a lot of trouble). These kinds of styles certainly vary. You might be surprised that there is a decent writing style mentioned here and that it is popularly used and is though of as effective. But then again, I'll give you reasons why in the world of blogging, it just won't work.

Forgive me for the names, I just made them up. It's the description that really matters.

The Lazy Blogger Style
The most common and obviously bad to say the least.

Usual doers: newbie bloggers
What it looks like: I'll tell you what it looks like, it looks like a grade school student trying to write his journal homework. The lazy blogger style is really as useless as it can be. Although good points may be present in the post, it just wasn't thoroughly discussed (or worse, there's no much discussion at all). Lazy blogging style is frequently committed by newbie bloggers who wants to get committed with blogging but just can't. It usually takes just 200 words or less, grammatical errors are everywhere and you just can't stand looking at it. Well, at least I know I can't.

How to avoid it: at all costs, if you don't have any idea on what to write, don't push yourself too hard. True, posting on a regular schedule is important, but if it just packs your blogs with cheap posts, better not write anything at all. Quality over quantity. It doesn't mean that your have 1,000 posts in your archive that you're technically way better than the other blogger who only have 100 posts to his name. It all goes down to how useful and beneficial you have been.

Writing Tips To Consider

Plan your content
Be clear and straight to the point
Check for errors
Always provide useful data/tips
Never rush your content

The Nerd Blogger Style
The most information packed writing style, yet fails to capture readers interest.

Usual doers: over 'professional' bloggers
What it looks like: imagine a blog that looks like an extension of a wikipedia article. That's how the nerd blogging style works. Honestly, this one is a fave of mine since it never fails to provide quality rich information. The problem is that majority of the readers have no tolerance for these kinds of things. Readers want it in simple language, short but comprehensive and more so, fun.

Nerd blogging style is named as such since there is little much of consideration to the readability of the post. It's like a post with more than 1,000 words, figures and statistics everywhere and the tone of the language is strictly formal. Pretty much the newspaper writing style too. Discourages people from reading.

How to avoid it: Everything too much is just bad. This kind of style usually happens when you are engrossed too much on the topic. Avoiding this isn't really much of an issue. The only thing you have to check is to control yourself. Does it takes you two whole paragraphs to thoroughly explain a point? try cutting it down to one paragraph, or even better, a couple of sentences. If you can't help yourself from over writing, a good trick is to break down the post into a series. That way, you get it shorter and yet still as comprehensive as ever.

Writing Tips to Consider

Don't get carried away
Get to the point right away
Split long post into series
Avoid information overload
Think about 'readability'

The Conclusion of Bad Writing

You might have noticed that the two worst blogging styles in writing are committed by both newbies and pros. Simply put it, if you write too fast and too short, that would be a mistake and people will easily see through that. But still, if you write too long and too inconsiderate to the interest of your readers, that won't work either. So the solution is simple, keep it balanced. A good content is always as simple as 1-2-3 yet as helpful as your everyday dictionary. Got the point? I hope you did.