Guest Post Clipping: Keeping blog posts fresh and inspired is a challenge for all bloggers . In this blog clipping, Amy Derby (follow her at @amyderby) encourages folks to reconsider what makes up a blog post in the first place.

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On our blogs, we want all of our stories to be a soulful kind of magic. Which is great — when we’re inspired. But what about when we’re not?

• Is a haiku a blog post? (Sure, it could be.)
• Can a photograph stand on its own? (Maybe.)
• What about just a question? (Absolutely.)

Those things work on Twitter — I think, anyway — because we don’t have to think about them. They just come to us.

Why do we make it so complicated on our blogs?

• Are we afraid of breaking the rules?
• Are we afraid of wasting peoples’ time?
• Are we afraid of being laughed at?

Watch Amy discuss Authenticity and Transparency Online.

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Read the entire post, titled “What Should I Write About?“ and then comment here.