Trust me. I know writing causes anxiety in a good number of
people.
We all want people to like us and like our product. We all
want to play nicely and get along.
We want a safe place that nurtures us. One where we can be
who we are and come out to play with others who have the same interests.
Saying that, how do you create a positive environment on
your blog? How do you make it interesting and provocative enough to share what
you want to share while not getting involved in discussion that drag your
audience off of the topic.
First of all, remember that this is YOUR story. Everyone wants an honest story or a really
well embellished story. You clearly
don’t have to give up all your information and we will never know if you have
embellished or not. Instead, think of
blog posts like a Polaroid snapshot. Tell about moments. Paint a picture with clear concise words. Don’t
worry about order or days of details.
Tell it as you would to a little one.
A simple story.
One artist, whom I will not mention, but would love to have
a bit of her creativity, sometimes writes poetry with her blog posts. And it is
off the wall and beautiful and serious and as filled with expression as her jewels.
You might want to start to start by telling us about
yourself. How did you come to the creative process? How did you realize you had this in you? Why jewelry now?
Write about whether or not you consider yourself an
artisan. How do you see yourself? Why do you identify with this at this time in
your life? Some of the people I see who
are B’Sue’s groups, and yes, I am a member of more than one of them, just
outright fascinate me. I see their pieces and want to know how they imagined
these coming together like that. I see people adding comical elements and love
it! I am not at the point where my mind
goes to that type of design. I am way too
serious about things sometimes. I like
the reminder that it is allowed to laugh at beautiful things. That’s why I think the WTW (Work Table
Wednesday) posts showing pieces in transition and then FUF (Finish Up Friday)
are amazing.
Show pictures of your
messy workshop—we had a blog hop about that one time—FABULOUS! It helps us all
see who we are and how different the processes are. And that all of that is okay.
And then when you have written about all of those things,
ask people, what are you interested in reading about? Did you find a good tutorial? Post it!
Talk about what you learned from it.
Using stampings in new ways?
Show the process. Talk about colors you love or color combinations you
love.
But start telling YOUR story.
