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Looking for suggestions on writing styles that tell a good story.

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steeladept:
I guess I am really confused now.  You want to find a writing style that fills content for a blog?  :huh:  At least that is what I am interpreting - but I think I am way off here.

Let me try to infer your meaning instead of what I understood - please let me know if I am on the right track.  

* You are looking for inspirational writing styles to use for a blog.  You want sites, in particular, that point to the technical skills required to meet that specific style and pointers to keep people interested and drawing a larger audience.
* Conversely, you are not looking for opinion or technical style teaching in general.  You are looking for something very specific to meeting your goals.
* Lastly, you are looking for a style that keeps a focus on your writings - a theme if you will - to help keep you focused on the intent of the blog.I guess my question is I am still very vague on what help you are looking for; but I get the feeling it isn't something you can get by looking around, rather it is from within.  I hope, for your sake, I am wrong on this last comment; but if not, I don't see how 40Hz isn't answering the question - unless, of course, it is completely misunderstood.  Either way, it may help this post go a long way if you try to clarify what help you are looking for as at least some of us obviously don't grasp what you are looking for.

On a side note, one thing I can tell - you seem exhausted and defeated from this search.  I often find the best way around this is to walk away from it for a while - a year is often what it takes me - and then come back when the fire is back.  I know you aren't looking for advise like this, but it is something to consider.

Paul Keith:
Oh, 40hz isn't so much "not answering" the question as he is digging deep beyond the answer just as you are which I normally would be receptive to but like you said, I am exhausted.

Time isn't really a friend on my side because I'm writing a blog post not a novel or book that can wait.

Not to dismiss your points though but I think it's much simpler than that.

Find a blog or article style that you feel you like reading and share it. There's really no need to over-analyze the scope of the thread.

It's like someone asking for a theme and the repliers provides the theme. In this case, it's writing style. Plain and simple.

You share it, I read it, I try to copy some of what appealed to you about that person's writing and I attempt to merge it with my writing style and as a test run I apply it to the current blog post I'm writing.

Edit: Although this is the problematic issue with digging deep into this. There's a lot of room for misinterpretation and over-interpretation. Like with the above I wanted to include the detail about how this doesn't mean I will totally copy the writing style and how I will not import anything that will seem like it's taking away the writing voice of what I'm trying to say but really... that's the baggage I want to set aside which is why I don't want to talk about this now.

I'm at the point where I'm not interested in justifying anything or explaining anything - I just want to write this new style up, read through the links shared here if there are any, re-write/re-add/etc. etc. and then once that's all out there then go ahead let's talk about technical skills, design, image placement, writing advise ...whatever but I don't want any opinion on something that isn't created.

There's no point at this juncture. Elaborating on this will only confuse and dilute a simple request for a link.

If you don't believe me, just use this thread as an example. What use is talking about a writing style when I can't even make it clear to the other person what my thread is about in the current amount of words I used in this thread? All it will do is just risk another misinterpretation or negative view that I'm rambling or being vague or being confusing... there's no point. It's like trying to ask if the theme I'm describing is beautiful or not without even having made the theme. Every advise I got from that point isn't really going to help with making a specific theme but just a general theme no matter how specific the advise I get so let's just limit it to this:

You are looking for writing styles to use for a blog.
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It doesn't have to be technical. It doesn't have to be inspirational. It doesn't have to be anything. Just a writing style that appeals to you.

40hz:
Sites whose writing "style" I admire regardless of my opinion about their content.

In no particular order:

http://linuxlock.blogspot.com

http://www.alistapart.com

http://www.shirky.com

http://www.quietearth.us

http://cheaphealthygood.blogspot.com

http://www.seriouseats.com

Cheap Healthy Good has a particularly nice personal style I wish I could emulate.

Ditto for Serious Eats. More hip and occasionally critical in tone - but never obnoxiously so. 

Paul Keith:
Thanks.

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