Are we as bloggers achieving effective communication?
Hello dear readers, I open this publication with the following sentence:
"Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people." William Butler Yeats.
Communication is an art, whether it's in spoken or written language. There are people who have a great deal of knowledge in certain areas, however, no matter how hard they try to express an idea they may not be able to make it understood. And the fact is that to communicate is not only about having knowledge and knowing how to speak or write, but the proper use of ideas, of comparisons, is vital when communicating with a person or a group of people.
I have known people with an impressive capacity to absorb knowledge, who are great readers, however, at the moment of expressing themselves they cannot do it or simply do not know how to start, how to make the other person see what they want to see or how to answer what the other person is asking them. For this reason I think that the number of teachers is very large, but the number of "good teachers " is not so high, I think that in a way something similar happens with those of us who write on this platform...
There are issues of scientific, economic, philosophical, and other human knowledge that are often a little complex to understand, but our task as bloggers is to make our ideas clear, linked coherently to each other, and not to seem like a bunch of ideas in a post that have nothing to do with each other, I explain?
That is, there is a very basic order that I consider we should handle in general terms when writing, for me it would be the following:
Introduction, development and closing.|
So, without further ado, I think this is very basic to share our thoughts regarding any specific topic. I usually read some publications in which I feel that there is no logical order, I do not perceive at any moment that a closing is approaching and suddenly the post is over, and when I finish reading it also instead of not being aware of something new, what I end up with is more doubts, I make the effort to read it again, and I end up not understanding. Has something like this happened to you?
This brings its consequences, obviously. They are users that I will not really look for again to read, they are publications that I will go through without stopping, because I might consider that it is not worth spending my time on something that is not going to leave me anything. I'm probably being a bit radical, but time is very precious, and I think we should all make an effort to share content that leaves something in the reader, and if there isn't an effort to do that, I don't think there should be an effort to read it... this is a very personal position, obviously, that you might not agree with.
Another point I consider important:
Proper use of images
"Of all the inventions for mass communication, images still speak the most understood universal language. " Walt Disney
This is another of the great aspects in a publication, the images fulfill several functions, as I see it. One of them is the one that is striking, we cannot place, or we should not put as the main image something that does not catch the reader, that does not introduce him just by looking at the topic we are going to develop. Much more if we consider that at present we can count on millions of copyright-free images for this purpose.
Another important aspect of the images is that they give the reader a break, especially in long publications, they are really necessary.
I could not finish this post without mentioning that there are basic spelling and grammar rules specific to each language, we must try to respect them, the use of a period, a comma, are necessary pauses many times. A paragraph of 60 continuous lines is usually exhausting, the best thing is to learn how to use them correctly.
And to finish, I must declare myself imperfect (like everybody), in spite of having three years writing, I still make certain mistakes, but I make my best effort to improve, more considering that English is not my native language, and generally I write for Anglo-Saxons.
We are all in a continuous learning process... it is a reality.
I wanted to share these thoughts with anyone who would like to stop by and read me, I am open to all comments and suggestions.
Thankful in advance I say goodbye with the following sentence:
"To communicate effectively, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use that knowledge as a guide to communicate with others." Tony Robbins.
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Hi @josevas217 - you are right and some times I have a similar feeling, I read some publications and they don't seem to have a logical flow and I find myself lost. I read it again and sometimes even a second time I feel a bit lost. Personally, I know the better posts that i have written are the ones that I have spent more time plotting and developing. Perhaps there is a tendency for all of us to sometimes rush the post writing because we want to get our rewards.
It is important to put some breaks in the post as it does help the flow of reading. Images are good if they are meaningful. Some images I feel distracted from the flow because I cannot see the relevance. Again, spending some proper time putting the post together would help all of us to achieve better.
Take care my friend.
These things happen, I know. But you have to look after your own, your own development.
Because everyone has their own process.
Thank you, my friend, for commenting.
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very good advice dear friend, I think that sometimes at least in my case I also suffer from these symptoms in stages, I can not explain it, it simply blocks everything, but with your advice such as the proper use of images the next time it happens to me I will come out ahead
Sometimes we insist on having to write. And it is usually advisable, if we do not have an idea of what to write, to distance ourselves for a moment and then write again.
I particularly like to look for images or phrases, and write from that.
Thanks for commenting @ramsesuchila
You are absolutely right when you say that there are many articles that are long and boring, articles that no matter how much you read you can't understand what the author is trying to convey and there are others that we like very much the truth, in my Opinion this can be for two reasons, first that the creator of the content tries to use a technical language instead of giving us his experience and second that the author wants to impress more than express, a couple of weeks ago I saw a very simple language article but I loved it, the author instead of wanting to show me something the wrote the article as if it was a letter to a good friend, I like it very much. I think it is better to be authentic so that the public that reads our articles reads them to see things with our eyes.
A letter to a friend?
Now that's interesting.
I had never thought about it, but it could be useful. Certainly. One tries to explain to friends in an easier way.
The co-facilitator, Jim Rohn, said "learn to express instead of impress", of course this is an art.
I think it all depends on each person's point of view, @josevas217.
A long article can be boring for many people, but the author had to write it all down in order to express his /her thoughts. On the other hand, a small article can give the impression of lack of commitment in what is written and this can irritate some readers.
We are responsible for what we write and not for how others will react.
Hello @wiseagent.
Interesting commentary.
There are short publications that can be, depending on the content, the language used, the images you recreate in your mind, the theme, are many factors, really.
Thank you for commenting.
Hello @josevas217.
I share this teaching that you bring to us as a commentary to all the users that we make life in these platforms of content generation.
I like it a lot when you say you are not perfect but you try to make the maximum effort, that is very important because the constant effort for me has much more value than perfection, because the constant effort leads us to a constant development.
I greet my dear friend @josevas217