self assessment

     A good blog post is timely. We ought to write about something that affects some group of people enough that they might be moved by it. If we write about something that nobody cares about then they will not be moved by it enough to respond to it, whether literally, or emotionally.

Now that we've been doing youth voices posts for a while, I've grown to realize certain elements that make some blog posts better than others. I think that one of the most important things is making sure you have a sufficient amount of your own work within your blog, and that it isn't just full of quotes.

     To begin, a good blog post needs a catchy title. One that not only hints at what hides in the body below, but was a rhyme and rhythm to it that entices the reader to discover more. Nothing cut and dry like "My Self-Assessment,"  but maybe something that shows a little bit of irony. Next, the post must be in the writers voice.

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Marquel Self Assessment

Discussion by: marquel15 on Wed, 2008-11-12 21:05 with 0 comments

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  I think that a really good blog post is on a provocative subject.  Either a subject that is unique and new or a subject that is reoccuring, but with either a fresh or strong perspective.  I know that I like to read things that are funny and factual.  I don't really want to read someone's opion, for example I think this or I think that...  Through information and suppo