How a Blog Can Help Your Writing Career

Writing blogs can help you as a writer because you're establishing yourself as an expert in specialized subjects. For example, if you have experience in nursing and you're writing weekly blogs on trends in this field, you're able to inform others on what goes on in nursing.

Builds Expertise

When you write a blog, you're building expertise in the area you write about. In addition, when you're passionate about your subject, it makes your writing interesting as well as credible.

Builds Clips

Another way writing a blog can help is that when you've written a few dozen or more blog posts over the past few years, you can use them as clips if you decide to write query letters to magazine editors in order to get published.

Hones Your Skills

Research and analytical skills are important for writers. When you write a blog, you're not only stating your opinion, you're supporting that opinion with facts.

You Can Reach Target Audience

As a writer, you sometimes write for a specific target audience. If you plan to have a writing career addressing this audience, a blog can help.

Considerations

When writing blogs, you should make sure that your entries are free of derogatory statements, biases, and false statements. Also research your topics thoroughly, so that your blogs appear well-balanced, true and fair.

References

• CNN.com: Why Blogging Is Good For Your Career
• Written Road.com: Why You Should Start Writing In College

Resources

• Writer's Digest
• Publishers Weekly
• JournalismJobs.com