How to write a blog post

The following phrases might help you as a guideline to write an interesting

and catching blog post for your readers.

It’s a text posted online – people write blogs because they want to inform
What is a blog
readers about a specific topic or express an opinion
post? In a blog post it is important to address the readers!

Starting a blog USER NAME (you can invent it) + maybe Date/Time
post TITLE: give the blog a title that will catch the reader’s eye

You can refer back to earlier blog posts, address the readers directly or start
off with a question to catch their attention.
 Have you ever…? / What happens if …?
INTRO (find an
 It’s me again – this time from …
interesting  When I saw this for the first time, I asked myself …
opening)  You will never guess what … / You won’t believe what happened …
 Can I be totally honest with you?...
 Imagine what it would be like…

 I’d like to share my experiences/thoughts with you … Choose strong

 Firstly / To start with / In the beginning / Right from the start…
 I’d like to tell you more about… adjectives!
MAIN PART  Secondly / Besides / Apart from that / In addition …
 Check this out! / New flash! / Big news! / Get this!
(make
 Wham! / Smack! / And bam! / And boom! Then it hit me!
paragraphs)  Believe it or not… / Needless to say … / Seriously… / Let’s face it …
 Personally… / In my opinion… / I think… / I am convinced…
 Therefore / So that’s why / Thus / for instance / As you can see…

 All in all, I think.. / After all…

Summing up  Finally… / To sum up the events …
 To cut a long story short …

Giving an outlook: In the future… / Next time… / You’ll hear from me again …
Ending Inviting comments: Share your thoughts! / Let me know what you think! /
Please comment! / I’m looking forward to reading your thoughts! …

STRONG ADJECTIVES!
NICE  enjoyable, lovely, pleasing, charming, delightful
WONDERFUL  astonishing, amazing, awesome, fabulous, fantastic, incredible, brilliant, extraordinary
GOOD  excellent, amazing, wonderful, marvelous, exceptional, outstanding
INTERESTING  absorbing, captivating, compelling, diverting, engaging, entertaining, enthralling
YUMMY  delicious, appetizing, flavorful, delectable, mouth-watering
FUNNY  amusing, droll, entertaining, comical, gleeful, hilarious
BAD  awful, terrible, horrible, rotten, naughty, dreadful, nasty
SMALL  tiny, petite, skimpy, mini-
BIG  towering, huge, giant, massive, immense, colossal, tremendous