6/4/07
Fang!!
Hi. I have always wanted to write a blog but I just don't know where to start. How do you think of things to write about? Is it like a journal where I can write whatever I want, but just lots of people can read it?
Tell me what you know!! You're awesome!
-Tim M., Washington, D.C.
P.S. When you come back to D.C., come visit me!! (That rhymed!!)
Good question, Tim. Here's a list-o-ideas.
1.
Write about everyday stuff.
For me, that happens to be kicking Eraser butt and challenging societal norms, but I'm sure what happens in DC is just as interestingly awesome, so write about that. Stuff that happens in school, Gameboy, music, pizza...whatever you like is all game.
2.
Get your friends to help.
Lots of bloggers operate solo, but I have a little help when I don't feel like talking. (If you know me at all, that happens
more often that naught. <--Ha! I told Ig I would use that cliche in a sentence today! I win!!) 3.
Snap some pics.
Sometimes words just aren't enough. I like to take pictures (when Nudge isn't, you know, BREAKING MY CAMERA by dropping it mid-air!!) when I can't express something with letters and numbers.
You don't need to be a famous photographer with some crazy-fancy camera, either. Try it.
4.
Be random.
Be who you are! If you want to write about how much you, umm...love Swiss cheese, write it. Who cares if someone thinks it's lame? It's
your blog, do what you want with it.
(Mmm. Cheese.)
5.
Outreach.
When you have an idea, you should let people hear it.
...And that's why Itex is going down.
Cause
my idea is that millions of kids my age read this blog every day, and they need to know that there's lots of stuff going on in our world that the adults in control can get away with doing, unnoticed. Stuff that's dangerous or bad for the environment. Stuff that they shouldn't be able to get away with. Like, making human/avian hybrid kids and keeping them in cages.
We may be "just kids," but that doesn't mean we're stupid.
So...who's with me? ;)
-Fang.