Mar 23, 2018 / First Friday

First Friday

Brand new blogger? Welcome! Share a link to your first post, say hello to other new faces, and find your first few readers.

Please note: First Friday will be on hiatus next week. We’ll return on Friday, April 6th

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Welcome to First Friday, a weekly open thread where any new blogger can share a link to his or her very first post with the larger WordPress.com community. To share your first post with us, copy and paste the link right into a comment here. If you’re not new, you can still be a part of First Fridays: visit a link or two, and leave the blogger a like or comment.

Please don’t use this as a space to share your first post…. that you published three years ago; ditto for simply sharing your latest post. Posts should have been published within the last month, and should be your first post. We’ll remove other posts to keep this space focused for new bloggers.

We ask that you help us keep this space focused by following a few additional guidelines:

  • We encourage anyone who shares a link to visit a few other bloggers. New readers for all!
  • When commenting, the third time is not the charm: don’t share the same link repeatedly, or in multiple First Friday threads. We’ll remove repeat posts.
  • Link directly to your new post, rather than to your blog generally — it makes it that much easier for folks to like the post or leave you comments.
  • Avoid repeated “Follow for a follow!” comments. (Tip: if you’re trying to build a readership, it’s much more effective to visit and comment on individual bloggers.)
  • To keep from losing your place while you visit others’ blogs, right-click on links to open them in a new tab or window.
  • When commenting, avoid copying and pasting the same response repeatedly. It makes it look like you’re not really paying attention. Not to mention, it’s spammy.
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    2. Good Morning and welcome to WordPress Byron. Your blog is put together quite well: Good visuals, great writing style and easy to navigate. I really have no suggestions, just one question, how did you go about adding adds to the pages? I’ve been thinking about doing that. Good luck! You’re off to a really good start!

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    4. You’re off to a flying start! Great home page- I was a bit thrown as the norm is that for blog listings and a separate about me page but it works! I will say I was looking for an ‘about’ page though. Other than that TINY criticism it’s a great blog 😊

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      1. The Britchy One, thanks! Ahh about me page hadn’t crossed my mind but sounds like a great idea! Its a good way to allow a reader to get personal with the author. Appreciate the help!

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    1. Good Morning and Welcome to WordPress. You’ve got some great images on just about every single post. Consider adding an about page that will tell your readers, and possibly future followers, a little about you and what to expect on this site. Also consider categorizing your posts and adding a menu so that readers can navigate your page and to various posts by category-unless the intent is to have the reader just focus on the most recent post. Overall good content, great images, It looks like you are off to a great start. Good Luck.

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    2. What a great start! I’d love to see an ‘about’ page. Tell us a little about you, why you’re blogging and what your blog will be about. It’s a taster, a teaser to get people to look deeper. Have a look at others about me pages and find what works for you but bear in mind, it’s the first thing a lot of people look for so make it work!
Also – I don’t like the “depressing story” tag. That takes away from your post. hardhitting, serious, raw, real life, gritty – all will give the same kind of impression but they’re not negative. Think about what would draw you in to read – because the story deserves it!

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    1. Good Luck on your new Journey Deepthi. You started off your journey with a great quote. The only suggestions I have are adding an about page that will tell the readers what to expect from you, and adding some art to your page. Consider registering with a few free stock photo websites if you aren’t doing your own pictures. It makes getting visuals so much easier.

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    1. This is ingenious! What a great idea. I never knew it was possible to make these things. Very interesting. If some feedback would be helpful, being from elsewhere in the world, some of the ingredients were foreign to me, so some pictures of what they are would be really helpful. Plus this will help your explanation and show what the final product is supposed to look like. I hope that helps! Love your ideas! 🙂

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      1. I am so happy for that you love my ideas… And thank you so much for your feedback. I will be post with some pictures. And your feedback is really helpful for me. I will try to improve. Thanks again…☺

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    2. You have good ideas and I like the style you are beginning to develop. Ideas are the hardest part to get hold of and you clearly have the imagination for stories, and writing improves the more you write. To feed back, I would say to develop a sense of character; a reader is more likely to continue reading if they feel invested in a character or can identify with them. Additionally, play with description more, manipulate language to your will to create an atmosphere or a feeling in a subtle manner. I think you have a lot of promise. Post here again next week, and I look forward to reading what you have done 🙂

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      2. Whenever there are characters in your stories (the things that carry out the story–usually it is people, but sometimes characters can be animals or robots–or almost anything actually), try to give them a personality or features that will interest the reader and make them want to learn more. For example, if your character has only just overcome her panic attacks adn gone through years of therapy, and then meets a ghost, the reader will be far more interested in how it rolls out. The question in their mind will be, ‘will they have another panic attack?’ and therefore they want to read on more. I hope that makes sense.

        Great ideas though, you have the foundations of something great!

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      4. If you haven’t already, I would be very grateful if you would check out my site. Leave a comment or a like if you wish, and if you fancied and hit the ‘follow’ button, and that would make my day!

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      6. Thanks very much! I get so absorbed in reading First Friday blogs that I forget to check my messages! :O I have followed, looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

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    1. Hi,

      I have followed your blog. Although you have only one post, I very much like your use of metaphor and quirky repetition. It works well, and swings a pleasant rhythm into your work.

      My only feedback; short posts are not a bad thing. Many readers will only seem to follow people with short snappy posts. Keeping your work concise is also important to gain a readership, and keeping posts short will help to ensure that.

      Finally, just check your use of your vs you’re:
      your= belonging to ‘you’
      you’re= you + are contracted

      Hope that helps. Great stuff. Thanks for sharing.

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      2. Sometimes I read a post three times and still publish it with an error! It’s funny how we read what we want to read rather than what is there sometimes!

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    1. Hi,

      You have some lovely use of vocabulary, and a nice way of putting things, but I am guessing English isn’t your native language. If that is the case, you have mastered it impressively, but there are a a number of inaccuracies. I would read examples of well-written English as far and widely as you can in order to improve, and keep writing, as much as you can, getting feedback where possible. Be aware of punctuation; there is no space before a colon or a semi-colon, and there is no space before a comma, but there is always a space after a comma. I hope this helps. You have some good content and a lot of potential. Just read, a lot, and you will only keep improving!

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    2. To find, copy, and paste to your link, go to your blog’s home page — not your dashboard, your blog itself. Click on the title of your post to open the individual post.

      Highlight and copy the URL you see in your browser’s address bar, and paste the entire URL into a comment here.

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      1. Hi @aylajanes,

        Please don’t leave a link to your site as part of your comment signature –it’s kind of spammy and we delete these. To add a link that will be associated with your comments (when people click on your name) go to http://wordpress.com/me and add your site to Profile Links. All the best!

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    1. Forgot to add that the blog is about and from mirrror written journals, experinces and stuff. Also related to ASD and Positive Psychology ☺

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    2. Hi Marie. I thought your post was wonderful. You have a lovely way of describing things that addicts the reader. I have followed you and left you a comment 🙂

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    3. I can’t help but notice that you’re using a lot of tags on your posts. The WordPress.com Reader actually filters out posts that use more than 15 tags and categories (combined) as an anti-spam measure, so using this many tags actually makes it harder for folks to find your work, which is sad! If you cut your tags down to the most relevant, you’ll actually draw more readers. Here are some tips on tagging you might find helpful.

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    1. Hi, I’m not exactly sure what your blog is about, but it’s very detailed and technical, and that’s good! I’d suggest adding an about page to tell readers about yourself and what you write about.

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    1. I love your first post! I’d like to see a ‘like’ button though. Also consider an about page. What a great start! I’d love to see an ‘about’ page. Tell us a little about you, why you’re blogging and what your blog will be about. It’s a taster, a teaser to get people to look deeper. Have a look at others about me pages and find what works for you but bear in mind, it’s the first thing a lot of people look for so make it work!


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    1. That’s a vague question in my mind. Do you want to appear meaningful to others or do you wish to have content that means a lot to yourself?
      The latter is easy, write about the things that mean a lot to you and that’s you’re passionate about.
      The former is very different. If you write about what you love you’ll soon find you have meaningful content, but creating meaningful content for the explicit purpose of others thinking you’re meaningful has the counter effect.

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    2. Hi, I visited your site, but couldn’t find a post. Would be interested to see what you have written when you publish. Alexjameswise’s comment is very true; write about what you love the passion in your writing can bring meaning to a subject. Have fun writing!

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    1. I loved your first post! It is so light hearted and the vocabulary you chose was fantastic!! I’m excited to read more of it!! 😍❤️ I am a working and blogging mom myself! Being a Mom in general is hard before adding work so kudos to you!!

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      2. Oh my bad thinking it was! Even so it was a great post. I love that DailyPost does these First Friday’s! It’s really inspiring to see such a flourishing and supportive community.

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    2. What a great start! I’d love to see an ‘about’ page. Tell us a little about you, why you’re blogging and what your blog will be about. It’s a taster, a teaser to get people to look deeper. Have a look at others about me pages and find what works for you but bear in mind, it’s the first thing a lot of people look for so make it work!


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    1. Very nice work. Thanks for sharing this. You have a nice way of knitting language together in colourful and interesting ways. I enjoyed reading this. Thanks for sharing. I left a comment.

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    2. I like the bilingual aspect of your blog. I have the utmost respect for people with a good grasp of more than one language. Can I suggest though, rather than placing the English version in capitals, you use normal small caps and simply bolden it? Small caps is easier for people to read and also, capital letters can come across as shouting 🙂 I don’t know much about fashion, but this seemed nicely put together, and I love that you are blogging about something that interests you so much! 🙂

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