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Do You Sugar Coat Your Articles?
Posted by deoangel • 4/15/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: blog, blogging, writers, writing
Do you sugar coat your own blog posts to meet the needs of your readers or do you think that it is better to be truthful, regardless of controversy?
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Never. In fact, I even scrape the pre-existing sugar. -
I think that after 6 months that I am finally feeling liberated in my writing. NO SUGAR. JUST SPICE!!!
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I don't sugar-coat at all...I often have to bite my tongue in real life because I'm about to say something that people prefer to have sugar-coated! I'm just trying to save people's teeth... -
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My blog is completely truthful. I tell it like it is! -
I just had to write a blog posts to tell people why I write. Because some people (readers) can seem to take it so directly. At first, I tried to spare feelings. Now, I just don't give a damn. Gotta be real
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I used to not sugarcoat things in my blog but then I was told that my language and opinions were offensive so I started sugarcoating. But now, I'm slowly but surely transitioning back to old habits. It's no fun censoring yourself or "unspicing" your writing. People go to blogs to here real talk and honest opinions. That's what makes it fun to write as well as read. -
I don't know that I sugar-coat things. But I do try to be sensitive to my readers. There are aspects of being a mother that are difficult, and I could focus on them if I wanted to. But I don't want my blog to be one of those whine&complain b*tch session blogs. So, I refocus. I try to make something positive come of difficulty.
Some people might see that as sugarcoating. But it's part of the way I'm surviving life. I have to stay focused on the positive whenever I can.-
I try to keep things pretty positive, too.
I like the idea of visitors feeling like they're having a little vacation when they visit my blogs-- whether it's a fun place to laugh, or somewhere pleasant to spend time.
And I don't really need the headache that comes with peoples' angry opinions online.
My sites were designed to be a little reprieve from the stress of my stressful job.
So by keeping things light, I'm able to achieve that for me, as well as for my readers. -
I find that when I sugar-coat my writing that I leave some core points out. Yet, when I just tell my complete and truthful opinion that it may help someone. People may not always agree with what you are writing, but they read and get to see another point of view.
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No. I dip them in lard, though. -
I don't sugar coat what I write. What would be the point. If I'm trying to get my point across, then I do just that. I like the blunt approach myself.
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My blogs are not an expression of me, like a journal is. Mine are straight forward info. Deep down, I wish I had the guts to write what I thought about things but I can't handle it if people disagree or get mad at me. I run off crying to my bedroom. Waaah! -
Well as long as you don't dwell into politics/finance that's easy to say the truth, otherwise you risk to become a prophet unknown in his own country. People are mass-conditioned to believe they think by themselves whereas they are injected public opinion in their mind by the big medias and now also by internet buzz so when they read something that is contrary to their virus idea they may even become agressive.
So to be popular you have to sugarcoat or even write fairy tales. That's what even a financial journalist in a big newspaper in france told me: he laughed that if they do tell the truth to the people the mass readers would not buy the newspaper anymore. -
My blog contains fiction so sugar-coating is not an issue there. However, I always watch my languange when making comments to avoid offending anyone, otherwise, I don't comment at all.-
Good point about editing. I made sure there's nothing naked or violent on my art blog just in case kids visit it. Guess that is sugar coating to a certain degree.
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your blog is awesome fiction hangin
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I do not sugar coat my blogs. I put myself in them, meaning my opinions etc. I am glad I have readers, but when it comes down to it I blog for me. I enjoy writing, plus it helps me to keep my mind in check when my illness decides to mess with my thought process. Getting readers and fans is just an added bonus. -
Goodness, no. How can you be respected for your opinions if you try and hide them?
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we dont write opinions.
Instead we write on questions readers ask and provide them with solid justifiable answers that have a well researched and substantiated backing. -
On the one hand, I'm all about the truth. I want to help my bloggers to buy the best products for them, not be suckered in by overpackaged and overpriced products.
HOWEVER, I also wish to keep on good terms with my PR contacts, so if I've been sent a product that I'm not all that keen on, I will try to find as many good points as I can about it while still getting my own opinion across. -
No, I may be diplomatic about how I say it though. -
I don't think I sugarcoat things. However, I don't (or tend not to) use profanity or be too obvious with my criticism of something (i.e., "This Sucks!"). Instead I will state things in such a way and in such an order that I think the reader will pick up on my true feelings and get my point.
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