Advice for a friend who wants to start a blog \ stacker news ~BooksAndArticles

pull down to refresh

Advice for a friend who wants to start a blog www.henrikkarlsson.xyz/p/start-a-blog

735 sats \ 12 comments \ @elvismercury 17h BooksAndArticles

At this point Karlsson is self-recommending. Ostensibly about how to write a blog. Practically about more than that.

I have a feeling @ek would especially dig this; maybe @plebpoet.

view all related items

27 sats \ 0 replies \ @plebpoet 2h

oh cool, appreciate this!!

173 sats \ 0 replies \ @elvismercury OP 16h

Favorite part:

It is good for the soul to have a place where being just the way you are is normal. And it is a service to others, too. You'll be surprised how many people are laughably similar to you and who wish there was a place where they felt normal. You can build that.

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 15h

Another great piece from him.

I have come to a similar realisation regarding pt 17. Successful bloggers in my country pick a genre (like personal finance) and churn out post after post, adhering to the conventions of informative articles. But my mind works in so many unexpected directions that I don’t think I can stick to a theme. So these days I just blog whatever captures my fancy, including drawing attention to unseen hardworking hawkers.

27 sats \ 1 reply \ @Msd0457890 6h

Excellent tips, I personally also have a blog on various topics, it is a sensational experience to be able to interact with people and read different points of view.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @flat24 5h

Excellent... leave me the link to your blog so I can read it, I always like to read about various topics.

Could you give me some advice on starting my own blog?

Any website or platform, etc. I'd be grateful for any recommendations you can make.

108 sats \ 2 replies \ @PictureRoom 15h

I started a substack a while back to share more of my photography work and to practice writing / sharing my stupid thoughts. It's been a fun process. It feels good to express what you feel honestly and to have other people somehow resonate with some of it.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @elvismercury OP 5h

Have your "stupid thoughts" evolved at all as a result of blogging? Have you made any connections as a result? That's the part that's so intriguing in some of HK's articles, the idea that you're sending out a bat signal to the world.

108 sats \ 0 replies \ @PictureRoom 5h

Oh for sure, and it's ever evolving. I enjoy it. Takes some time and discipline for sure, but getting better at being clear with my writing has been a journey.

108 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 16h

I have it on good authority that @plebpoet already has a blog (which she republishes here natively).

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @elvismercury OP 16h

I was more figuring the general vibe is what she'd dig, not that she literally needed the help. Same w/ ek.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Sirkay 8h

Did she really needs the help

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @IamSINGLE 15h

Not that many people will care about what you write, at least for the first few years, so make the writing useful to you. Write in a way that lets you refine your thoughts about the things that matter. Write to experience what you care about in higher resolution—write to enhance your feeling of aliveness.

The best advice to beginners. Thanks for sharing the article.