{"id":2691,"date":"2013-04-13T07:30:57","date_gmt":"2013-04-13T14:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=2691"},"modified":"2013-04-24T08:06:47","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T15:06:47","slug":"dear-writer-or-blogger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2013\/dear-writer-or-blogger\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Writer or Blogger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is just for you:<\/p>\n<div class=\"quotes\">You have to convince them<br \/>\nthat your stories are worth their time.<br \/>\n&#8212;<a href='http:\/\/www.worldmag.com\/2013\/04\/jungle_journalism'>Tucker Carlson<\/a><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s about your readers &#8212; you&#8217;d better listen up.<\/p>\n<p>Pamela Wilson, in her blog post <a href=\"http:\/\/www.copyblogger.com\/scannable-content\/\" title=\"Your precious words have got to be right to attract the audience you want!\">8 Incredibly Simple Ways to Get More People to Read Your Content<\/a>, notes:  <!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"facebook\">Your precious words. You know they\u2019ve got to be right to attract the audience you want.<\/p>\n<p>Writing less and styling your text so it\u2019s easy to read could be all you need to do to attract and hold attention.<\/p>\n<p>What can you do to engage your readers so they lean into your content, stay on your pages and interact with your information?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Well, a quick Googling of Amazon led me two to books I&#8217;d like to read too:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/amzn.com\/B00BFNE0N4\/?tag=markroth-ac-20\" title=\"How to create a website, write about a topic you love, develop a loyal readership\">How to Start a Blog That People Will Read<\/a> (ebook)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.com\/1560850949\/?tag=markroth-ac-20\" title=\"How to write a story people will want to read\">Breathe Life into Your Story<\/a> (paperback)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is all stuff I need to remember here at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/\" title=\"Ain't Complicated -- where you can read Mark's Views, Perhaps\">Ain&#8217;t Complicated<\/a>. And at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anabaptists.org\" title=\"Anabaptists -- seeking a return to New Testament Christianity\">Anabaptists<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eaf.net\/pantinghart\/\" title=\"Panting Hart -- because I thirst for God and His righteousness\">Panting Hart<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:none\">And maybe that&#8217;s why my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anabaptists.org\/books\/faith-works\/panting\/\" title=\"Faith Works: Panting -- Mark Roth's devotional ebook\">ebook<\/a> bombed. <\/div>\n<p>Are you a writer? What practices do you have that help you engage readers?<\/p>\n<p>Are you a reader? 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