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This post started as a discussion on Mastodon where a new blogger asked for feedback. The discussion turned to one of Miguel Guhlin's recent posts, which was a great example of a quality blog post. Guhlin mentioned that he had a formula, someone asked for it, and here it is. "If you start out with a blank page, writing can be hard," he writes. "But if you're following a formula, you're filling in the empty spots with words. When you're done, you edit and revise until you have something." This post mentions only a few of the many formulae that are available to authors: the list, the inverted pyramid, visual storytelling. There are so many more: the chronology, past present future, thesis antithesis synthesis, strength weakness opportunity threat (SWOT), four-corners analysis, etc., etc. etc. Here's a whole list of them.

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