I’ve been tagged.

Merry got tagged before me.  By wordvixen.

So now it is my turn.  And I give you, here, all my best advice on bad blogging.

Of primary importance is a desperate need for attention... from anyone.  If you have a healthy and stable community that supports you, and you know this and appreciate them, you might have a hard time with blogging.  Of course, if you become a true blogging addict, this might be useful in disrupting your connection with actual people instead of cyber-projections of personalities.  So, you know, there’s hope for you, one way or another.

This is so fundamental, you see, because blogging is all about baring the soul onscreen.  Blogs are nothing more than a journal of one’s daily doings, a chance to monitor, with minute attention, every fluctuation of emotion, hormones, or a combination of the two, that one encounters throughout the day. 

That’s useful, really.  I mean, what could be easier than gushing forth about whatever feeling flits through the brain or body at the moment?  Writer’s block should never be a problem, because there’s so little in this sort of activity that is at all related to “real” writing.  There need be no thought, no actual substance, put into one’s blog.  Just pour out words!

And, just in case the words seem slow, or if you are having such a boring day that you have little to whine (or boast) about, there’s always one thing left.  Rant.  If you take just a moment or two to look at some issue on the surface, there’s sure to be a good rant in it somewhere.  Then the words will flow like lava from  your keyboard, destroying everything they touch.  Think of the power.

One good source of rantworthy material is other blogs.  It is especially good to find a blogger who is well-liked, has lots of readers, and gets lots of hits on a regular basis.  It’s simple, really -- making an enemy of the popular is a sure way to popularity for oneself.  If handled well, you can really attract some attention to your blog.  The most important thing is to comment, and comment a lot, on said blogger’s posts.  Be nasty.  Be condescending.  Don’t let the words “troll” or “flaming” intimidating you.  Sticks and stones.  They won’t matter, provided you draw the all-important attention your own way.

Now, some bloggers will try to convince you that your blog need not be all about some sort of soul-baring hyper-real bigger-than-life thing.  They might tell you that blogging can be about thinking, about creating a successful business, about engaging with others, about sharing resources, about sharing hobbies and passions, sharing art, sharing information, or about entertaining others with some amazing skill you have.

Don’t believe them.  It’s all about you.  You are the center of the world, and blogging is the place where you can feed on the adoration and attention that you so rightly deserve.  Shame on the world for having withheld it from you this long.

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