Make your texts more attractive using vivid comparisons

Your posts will look better if you use vivid comparisons.

Here is a remarkable quote from “The Invisible Man” by Wells:

“His feet, save for socks of irregular open-work, were bare, his big toes were broad, and pricked like the ears of a watchful dog.”

“Big toes are ears of a watchful dog” is a smart parallel.

Kipling wrote in his “Puck of Pook's Hill”:

“Then he showed us how to hunt wolves and those great red deer with horns like Jewish candlesticks.”

This unexpected turn makes me imagine a deer with Jewish candlesticks instead of horns. And maybe it’s a good idea for some photoshop.

I remember one great comparison from Marc Chagall’s “My life”. He described a hut as a potato wetted in a pickle. It’s quite marginal, isn’t it?

So I offer you to comment this post using some your great comparisons. It may be a good exercise if you are thinking of how to improve your writing style.

And here is one more thing. I’ve an idea of making a series of such exercises in this blog. So, you’re welcome.

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Blog writing software: online Technorati tag maker

I’m searching for a nice blog writing tool, but I haven’t found it yet. I’ve tried Performancing for Firefox recently, but it has some problems with beta Blogger. Promising MarsEditor is only for Mac OS. And so on.

But I discovered online technorati tag maker. It’s quite simple but saves a little time. I’ve a Utopian idea to make fully automated which needs only post’s text as an input.

Now meet the Technorati tag maker and don't be afraid of some political framing :)

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Thoughts of blogging: choosing content form

You can produce content (quite industrial formula) by yourself or borrow it from the others. If you borrow, everything is easy and your blog is full of wonderful works, but sooner or later you’ll have copyright problems. And it’s also immoral. Really.

So it’s better to publish your own works. What do we have?

* Videos. You don’t need to make much effort to shoot some videos, but getting something worthy is more difficult than taking a nice photo or writing an entertaining passage. If you decide to post videos, they are to be outstanding. It doesn’t fit me. I’m not fond of shooting films.

* Photos. There’re a lot of talented photographers, but not so much. You’ve more chances to come across a talented photographer than a talented operator. But on the whole awesome photos are rare. Here I should say that my photos are quite ordinary. I use them to illustrate my articles and position them as key post elements rarely.

* Illustrations, flash cartoons and music are infrequent too. The overwhelming majority of bloggers can’t produce them (hello, factories :) ). I can’t make something special too.

* Texts are the only form of content most bloggers can offer. It’s the most popular content form and I suppose it’s possible to write good articles. Internet is a great library indeed, so here’s nothing terrible.

I’ve ideas on how to make progress in your writing skills.

Thoughts of blogging: choosing a field

Choosing what to post in your blog you have two immense ways: “blog as a diary” and “blog as a journalist’s column”.

The first way is more natural and following it is quite easy. You write about your current affairs and feelings, describe funny situations, post photos you like. This way implies writing for a narrow circle of acquaintance. You constantly get comments from your friends and comment their posts. Everything is really nice, you write what you wish and get feedback. So you are lucky ;)

The other way is more complicated. You don’t just chat with your friends, but try to entertain, educate, teach a large audience. If you are success, your audience grows and you have nice chances to find a good company.

So if you’ve chosen the second way you get more troubles for sure and maybe some more doubtful pleasure ;) You are to give attention to content and step carefully.

What can you do?

* Just inform people. For example you can comment world events in you specific vision or unmask somebody’s dirty business. In that case you become a columnist or a commentator.

* If you are quite experienced in some field you can teach, give advice and so on.

* Being a philosopher or a thinker you can share your views and conceptions. This post is an example. Here I’m trying to classify blogs and to choose what to do with my blog.

* If you are witty, draw comics, take awesome pictures, you may entertain public.

* Finally you can combine. For example you post your wonderful photos and explain the way you took them.

Two Ideas On How To Write Exciting Texts

I wish to learn writing exciting texts, but it’s not so easy. Well, it’s almost impossible. Of course, you’ll reach some level if you write and write and write, but...

So what are the ways to progress in your writing style? I’ve two ideas.

1. At worth1000.com I found not only Photoshop contests, but also text contests. You need to invent some short witty text on the instructions. It’s a great training. You read other variants, compare them with yours, see the clichés, learn some tricks. Good school.

2. Read books, especially books by classical authors with beautiful language.

Plan B