How to Write a Blog Post the Easy Way

I've always liked writing. Well, writing and talking.

I used to write fiction growing up- took creative writing in high school and college.  I'd stay up late working on short stories and would read them to my friends when they came over. Would have loved to have something like The Writing Faculty growing up.

Writing and talking- for me they go hand in hand.  When I am writing a blog post, I imagine we're sitting together, sipping coffee, catching up.

Because really, blogging is all about the conversation, the connections, and sharing information.

It's a chat between friends over coffee or a glass of wine,
It's a here, let me show you something cool,
It's a listen to what I've discovered,
It's an OMG you are never going to believe what happened to me kind of sharing.
Whether you shout or you whisper, you want to be heard.

For me blogging has become as much a passion as quilting.  I have something to say, write it down, and thankfully y'all listen and read.

To keep it fresh, I like to keep it short (most of the time) and conversational.

So I went off in search of a dictation app- something that would let me talk to you in a blog post so to speak. Well, I came across Dragon Dictation and so far, so good. It's an iPhone app that I speak into and can then email or text myself (or anyone else) the content.

Now then, it's a bit tricky at first and is definitely not perfect. This text is taken directly from my dictation without editing:
"Okay say here's the thing I think it works great for short ideas that you get in the grocery store in the carboline anywhere that you don't feel too silly talking to yourself if he can pull it off that you talking on the thing and get comfortable with that then your thoughts cannot easily in the beginning I had a really hard time talking to myself thinking like a Blonquist and I still have no idea how to put in punctuation"

What I actually said was:
Okay so here's the thing- I think it works great for short ideas that you get in the grocery store, in the carpool line, anywhere that you don't feel too silly talking to yourself.  If you can pull it off, that you talking on the phone and get comfortable with that, then your thoughts come out easily. In the beginning I had a really hard time talking to myself and thinking like a blogger, and I still have no idea how to put in punctuation.


Not too bad. They say the more you use it, the more it understands your speech patterns and vocabulary which is good because I've had some CRAZY auto-corrects.

But anything that helps the writing process and helps me be as genuine as I can be is a good thing. I've learned I self-correct and edit in my head a lot when I am writing and so far I am not great at editing my speech fast enough. But that doesn't bother me too much. 

Sneak peek of a current project

What about you? What gets the conversation going? Is there anything here at ELQ that you would like to chat about some more? I'm all ears! 

xo, 
Jennifer