Is Fluff a Word?
This word takes on many different meanings… actually, is it even a word? I do tend to make some up as I go along, ya know.
I was talking to a friend about an article I was putting together for submission to the Rockin’ Agent Genius. (You’ll have to wait for the details). It was a challenging piece … one of those that made me really think.
While on the phone I read what I had written so far and the feedback was, “I like what you are saying, but it doesn’t really sound like you.” It’s amazing that after reading someone’s posts for a while, you can really ‘feel’ the person’s personality coming through their writing. That was a very fair statement, it did sound more like a required assignment that I had to turn in to Professor Lani and wait for a grade.
I said, “Well, let’s hang up so I can add some Kim Fluff and make it more ‘me'”.
Connect to all Sorts
There are many styles of writing. How do you approach your blogs? Professional, casual, general, broad, light, or serious ? Your readers will all want something different – so it is good to get a bit of a variation of these styles to accomodate many different listeners. One idea to help balance it out is having a guest author post from time to time. Don’t hold yourself back though, try to write something that you might find a little bit tricky, it’s actually fun. Push yourself to write where it is a bit of a stretch for you or out of the box. It can be rewarding to see where it ends up. If you need to finish it off with some Fluffing of your personality to make it your own – go for it.
Information is conveyed in many different ways – but it is the message that is the heart of the matter.
Note: Fluffing does not mean embellishing the truth.
