A journey of thousand miles start with one small step, you must have heard this saying but tell me who on earth in this present time want to start with small steps when one has several kind of best options. Following the analogy why an author wants to starts blogging today and finds his or her readers after a year or more? Moreover if you are a fiction author then how you can communicate about your fiction writing ability by your blog writing?
It can be a good excuse for not writing blogs. I agree that only a writer knows well what the pain in writing is? And think for a moment how beautiful life can be if your present day’s pain becomes a source of your upcoming future day’s pleasure then writing is a fun. It is only because when he or she finds that what was in mind is now clearly on paper – written
We write everything from our imagination but we pick our image always from our surroundings and there are many small – small things happening in our day to day life that worth noticing and mentioning that can work like a spice to our food. Mention here even if it has no place in your book.
The idea of blogging is like a long time investment. With each passing day as your blog content will grow at a large (similar) your readers. Blogging will add audience, increase book sales, hone your writing skill, in fact there are several advantages, such as:-
- You might be sitting in one small town with limited friends to know you but with blogging you can find readers from all over the globe and initially when you are a new to your writing field these readers presence on your blog will work like a wonder drug to boost your energy level for your writing passion.
- As every good writing requires a lot of reading first similarly your blogging also needs your reading and you will know what and how others are writing.
- As you start writing blog you can get readers from your different social media platforms. It is a great way to strengthen your relationship with your readers.
- You know you are a writer and your each books requires several months or years to come but your readers want to read you. Blogging breezes this gap and keep you connected with your readers.
- Writing is an art that grows with times. Each of your writing helps you to learn new things. In fact when you start to write your short story, novel or a simple article, your way of presentation really matter. This make you stand different from others and make your identity as a writer.
- When you have made readers on your blog then you keep yourself passionate for your writing only because you know someone is earnestly waiting for your new post. This makes you consistent and disciplined about your writing.
- As you know that writing doesn’t only require a good subject but it also requires a disciplined order of presentation and correct grammar and punctuation marks, so the best time to check all this is before pressing the post button of your blog because after that it can go viral.
- We have heard that if you want to fish give her what she wants, not what you want. Similarly what your readers want, it is hard to judge. Sometime your best article, as per you, not get as much likes as your any ordinary one receives. So readers’ comments and actions give you a pattern of their likes and about the popular subjects.
- Now a day everything has come on internet and same is with publishing houses and agents. Agents and publishing house also looks at the popular authors and writers’ blogs. It is not necessary but it can happen that your lady luck smiles at you with a big publishing house of a good agent for your upcoming novel.
- One of the best things in blogging is the guest posting option. There are many bloggers who allow other blogger to write in his blog that further expand your visibility and readership.
- It is also likely to be possible that your blog post readers can also be a professional author, publisher, editor or anyone who can help you by giving their valuable suggestions.
- As your readership grows there is a chance that online magazine like to ask your articles for publishing.
- Being a writer you must have some written works to show and in absence of your published books your blog posts can act as your (author) portfolio.
- Your blogging helps you in getting visibility to your website and in getting ranking. Better ranking in Google search engine means better chance of viewer attention.
- Each day there are several things that happens which worth sharing. You know it well that the incidence is small but has legs and your readers will not only enjoy reading but also know more about you, your surroundings, your culture and many other things.
- The more your reader will know and feel close to you the better your books could be sold and gets helpful response.
If you really think that the above given points can help you then start blogging and see how soon your lady luck smiles on you.