I wanted to give you a link to a blog entry by friend and fellow LA 101H instructor Robin Kramer, who wrote up some great suggestions as her class is thinking about entries for their passion blogs. I particularly appreciated #4: Make a Point.
As I reviewed the initial round of blog entries (for both the passion and RCL blogs), I noted that the stronger entries had a clear sense of purpose--these writers knew why readers would be interested in their thoughts and framed things accordingly. If you're still not sure what you're trying to accomplish in your passion blog, I strongly encourage you to seek out others who are writing about something similar and see what catches your attention. Modeling after other successful writers is a great strategy. You may even find you want to link to one of their entries as you blog (and remember, any traffic from your link will show up in their stats, so this is a good way to get some exposure to a readership outside the class).
In many ways I viewed this first week as just a way to get acclimated to blogging, commenting, etc. And although I'd say a third of the entries I reviewed needed some focusing, I expected this. Part of the writing process is trying things out, seeing how they work once you've put them out there. So if you're still a bit uncertain about "big picture" goals, or realized from the comments you received that things weren't clear, that's okay. Use that to improve this week's entry.
Finally, there also were many really great entries this week, so I encourage you to browse through a few more of the blogs by your peers to see what others are doing. There are a lot of creative, thoughtful, and engaging ideas out there!
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