#How to start a blog

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How to Start a Blog in 2025: Step-by-Step Guide

Hey there! So you want to start a blog in 2025? Awesome—blogging is still one of the best ways to share your passion, build an audience, and even make some money. I’ve walked a bunch of people through this, so here’s the exact roadmap I’d share over coffee: 1. Figure Out Your Focus First up, think about what lights you up. Travel hacks? Plant-based recipes? AI tools? Jot down 5–10 topics you…

[heixsimsie]

Hello, happy tuesday everyone.

I'm currently having the problem that I don't know how to present my gameplay "the Gothington family" here.

I created the family a few weeks before Love Struck came out. My intention was that I wanted to combine the Bridgerton Challenge with the Tiny Town Challenge. And then the game took its course. 😂 I admit, weeks later, i don't stick to any rules anymore, but try to let my Sims live their best possible life.

So and now I want to entertain you with this chaos and don't know how and where to start.

So what could possibly go wrong?

[visenyaism]

i don’t know about you guys but the main reason i am still on tumblr in 2024 is BECAUSE it is the most cloutless least influential social media app out there and that is the experience i am after. absolutely none of this will ever translate into significant attention or real success in my life and that is so beautiful.

[fearlessgirlsworld]

How to start a blog??

Well hello, world.

It is so weird to be writing here, again. Well, not exactly here.

You see, when I was smaller and red the Girl Online by @zoella for the first time, I became obsessed. Like, LITERALLY. I think it's not even too much to say that I've had a crush on Penny Porter(not in a like like way, but as a character, of course). So, I started my very first blog back then, without much of understanding how it's actually done. My life wasn't really intresting(at least that's what I'd believed in), so eventually I deleted the whole blog as I had nothing to write about.

But not too long time ago I actually came to realization of how much I have to say, how much I want to tell and share about.

It occures also, that I am a very shy one. The kind what posts Instagram posts once a year, stories even less frequently. Regardless, having a gallery bursting with pictures(I am a self-made photographer btw) and a huge urge to share with people how amazing my life is, how amazing I am.

So, I guess that's a beginning of a new chapter in my life, where I'll try my best to fight my fears, and to be more exact:

shyness

fear of judgement

fear of being misunderstood

which becomes a total whole new fear of being active on social media

And so, I hope this time the Sad Story Of The First Ever Blogging won't repeat again and it'll be fun experience full of joy and, who knows, maybe even new friends :)

I guess that's it for today, thank y'all who actually red it till the end.

Stay cozy and warm, xxx

[webtechnicaltips]

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[derspawn]

How to Start a Blog in 2025: Step-by-Step Guide

Hey there! So you want to start a blog in 2025? Awesome—blogging is still one of the best ways to share your passion, build an audience, and even make some money. I’ve walked a bunch of people through this, so here’s the exact roadmap I’d share over coffee: 1. Figure Out Your Focus First up, think about what lights you up. Travel hacks? Plant-based recipes? AI tools? Jot down 5–10 topics you…

[goodvibescreativeave]

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[thewriteadviceforwriters]

✨ HOW TO ACTUALLY START A BOOK

(no ✨vibes✨, just structure, stakes, and first-sentence sweat)

hello writer friends 💌 so you opened a doc. you sat down. you cracked your knuckles. maybe you even made a playlist or moodboard. and then… you stared at the blinking cursor like it personally insulted your entire bloodline.

here’s your intervention. this post is for when you want to write chapter one, but all you have is aesthetic, maybe a plot bunny, maybe a world idea, maybe nothing at all. here’s how to actually start a book, from structure to sentence one.

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🌶️ STEP 1: THE SPICE BASE ~ “WHAT’S CHANGING?”

start with this question:

what changes in the protagonist’s life in the first 5–10 pages?

doesn’t have to be earth-shattering. they could get a letter, lose a job, run late, break a rule, wake up hungover in the wrong house. what matters is disruption. the opening of your book should mark a shift. if their day starts normal, it shouldn’t end that way.

🏁 opening chapters are about motion. forward movement. tension. momentum. if nothing is changing, your story isn’t starting, you’re just doing a prequel.

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⚙️ STEP 2: THE CRUNCHY BITS - CHOOSE AN ENTRY POINT

there are 3 classic places to start a novel. each one works if you’re intentional:

The Day Everything Changes most popular. you drop us in right before or during the inciting incident. clean, fast, efficient.

pro: immediate stakes con: harder to sneak in worldbuilding or character grounding

The Calm Before the Storm starts slightly earlier. show the character’s “normal” life, then break it. useful if the change won’t make sense without context.

pro: space to introduce your character’s routine/flaws con: risky if it drags or feels like setup

The Aftermath drop us in after the big event and fill in gaps as we go. works well for thrillers, mysteries, or emotionally heavy plots.

pro: instant drama con: requires precision to avoid confusion

📝 pick one. commit. don’t blend them or you’ll write three intros at once and cry.

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🧠 STEP 3: CHARACTER FIRST, ALWAYS

readers don’t care about your setting, your magic system, or your cool mafia politics unless they’re anchored in someone.

in the first scene, we need to know:

what this person wants

what’s bothering them (externally or internally)

one trait they lead with (bold, anxious, calculating, naive, etc.)

that’s it. just one want, one tension, one vibe. no bios. no monologues. no “they weren’t like other girls” essays. put them in a situation and show how they act.

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⛓️ STEP 4: OPEN WITH FRICTION

first scenes should create questions, not answer them.

there should be tension between:

what the character wants vs. what they’re getting

what’s happening vs. what they expected

what’s being said vs. what’s being felt

you don’t need a gunshot or a car crash (unless you want one). you need conflict. tension = momentum = readers keep reading.

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✏️ STEP 5: WRITE THE FIRST SENTENCE - THEN IGNORE IT

okay. now you write it.

no pressure. you’re not tattooing it on your soul. this isn’t the final line on the final page. you just need something.

tricks that work:

start in the middle of an action

start with a contradiction

start with something unexpected, funny, or sharp

start with a small lie or a weird detail

💬 examples:

“The body was exactly where she’d left it - rude.” “He was already two hours late to his own kidnapping.” “There was blood on the welcome mat. Again.” “They said don’t open the door. She opened it anyway.”

once you’ve got it? keep going. don’t revise yet. don’t edit. just build momentum.

you can come back and make it ✨iconic✨ later.

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📦 BONUS: WHAT NOT TO DO IN YOUR OPENING

don’t start with a dream

don’t info-dump lore in paragraph one

don’t give me three pages of your OC making toast

don’t try to sound like a Victorian cryptid unless it’s on purpose

don’t introduce 7 named characters in one scene

don’t start with a quote unless you are 800% sure it slaps

be weird. be sharp. be specific. aim for interest, not perfection.

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🏁 TL;DR (but make it ✨useful✨)

something in your MC’s life should change immediately

pick a structural entry point and stick to it

give us a person, not a setting

friction = good

first lines are disposable, just make them interesting

and if you needed a sign to just start the damn book, this is it.

💌 love, -rin t.

P.S. I made a free mini eBook about the 5 biggest mistakes writers make in the first 10 pages 👀 you can grab it here for FREE:

[evilbridgetjones]

The concept is simple, and gender is hardly a factor in the grand scheme. The Angel, starry-eyed and probably somewhat naive, meets someone they’re determined to write a novel with. The Liar, debatably lacking self-awareness, allows themself to engage with the Angel’s whimsy - only long enough to get them hooked on the ride.

The Tale of The Angel and the Liar by Evil Bridget Jones

[inkskinned]

"sure you have twice the credentials - skills, languages spoken, experience, accolades, college degrees, even volunteer work - but the truth is that you're a DEI hire. see, i never really saw you as a person, only how you're different. i feel entitled to every job, and my ideal world is where i get to subjugate you. i automatically assume that you cannot be equally qualified simply because that would call my own qualifications into question... and you know why we couldn't do that.

DEI is just not fair! yes, there's statistics that many of you really are overqualified for whatever positions you've managed to manipulate yourselves into. but at the end of the day, if i feel left behind, i assume it's your fault. we need to bring an end to my sense of inadequacy, which means bringing an end to DEI.

now you all will be forced to get the job they way i did, through the time-honored great american tradition of nepotism, which"

[friedricebunny]

i'm really so curious how deeply tbhx is gonna go with its whole premise of "heroes are made and gain powers based on trust" because i really wasn't anticipating that

1) moon/xiao yueqing has teleportation-based powers but because everyone wants her and nice to stick together, her teleportation leads back to nice which was INSANE to me

and

2) lin ling is becoming increasingly more worried about being clean and perfect which is a side effect of nice's image of perfection which is indicating that this whole trust system can have mental effects??? and that's horrifying to me???

we are 2 episodes in, how deep is this gonna go

[zeropro]

[Click here to view all my Transformers stuff in the order in which I posted it, so you can experience me slowly lose my mind in chronological order.]

[goodvibescreativeave]

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