What's Upvote Worthy? 30 Days Writing Challenge - Day 22

I started writing blog posts 15 years ago. I went from terrible to bad to mediocre over the first few years. I worked hard to improve my writing, but in all of the wrong ways. Instead of making my articles simpler and better-focused for a specific audience, I tried to use fancy words and long sentences. What I didn't understand until years later was that a good article doesn't need to be complicated.

@Dragosroua is challenging Steemians to a 30-Day Writing Challenge. For day #22, he asks, "What Is, In Your Opinion, A Worthy Post On Steemit?" There is not a simple answer to this question, but here's my shot at it:

What's a "Worthy" Post on Steemit

There are no strict guidelines for what it takes to get upvotes on Steemit. As @dragosroua states:

The price of an article here can be literally anything. You may get nothing for 5 articles in a row, and then get $1,000 for only one article. I'm not kidding, this happened to many writers here. A non-regulated content market, like Steemit has an enormous potential, but it's highly unpredictable.

What you determine to be upvote worthy completely depends on your preferences. What topics do you like? Do you cringe at bad grammar and formatting errors? Do you have upvotes to spare?

For me, here are the traits I look for in a post when I'm upvoting and when selecting an article to curate as a @buildawhale curator:

• Targets A Specific Audience: Know who you're writing for and why, and cater your writing to that audience.

• Adds Value To The Reader: What are you giving your readers? Hint -- it has to be something they want. Do they love learning little pieces of information, supporting a cause, or taking a deep dive into unicorn fiction? Add value to your readers.

• Formatted Properly: Formatting matters! Poorly formatted posts are hard to read, and by making your post hard to read, it's not upvote worthy for the majority of your followers. I quickly click off of a post if the formatting makes an article hard to read. There are too many good pieces of out there to waste time on ones where the author didn't take time to format it.

• Grammatically Decent: No, your article doesn't have to be perfect. But similar to formatting, publishing a post that is written without errors shows that you care about your readers. A few mistakes is perfectly fine, but if your post is littered with errors, it shows a lack of care and will be hard to read.

• Simple: KISS -- Keep It Simple Stupid

• Gives A Piece Of The Author: You're a human and we connect with other humans. An often overlooked part of a good article is establishing a connection between the author and the reader. Especially here on Steemit, each article should be written with the intention of building stronger relationships, and to do this, you need to share a piece of yourself and find ways to resonate with each of your readers.

• Entertaining: We're all here for different reasons, but we all want to enjoy what we're reading. Make each article your write fun -- add in little anecdotes, quotes, and even jokes if it's part of your personality.

Thank you for taking the time to read, I sincerely appreciate it! What Is, In Your Opinion, A Worthy Post On Steemit?

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