Blog theme

Whenever I have spoken to anyone about blogs, the issue of 'theme' always comes up. It is always implied that for a blog to do well, it needs to have a clear and unique theme.

I am really not sure if my blog has an emerging theme unless it's something like 'random utterances from a fluid brain wiring' or 'creative amateur psychology with lighthearted breaks.'

Any suggestions?

However, if I were to have a theme I might:
• Get a photo of a stranger smiling – one per day – try and find out what made him or her smile
• Take a newspaper headline a day and write my own version of the story e.g. an optimistic, fairytale, alien, historical, meticulous detail, etc version
• Get the responses from a variety of strangers to the same question – one a day e.g. what could you never live without or if you ran a shop, what would it sell, if you had to eat one food all day, what would you choose?
• A photo and/or description of a different room a day e.g. people’s houses, shops, public building etc
• A random sentence from a book and illustrate it.
• Start a conversation with a stranger a day and write about it
• Read my horoscope and reflect on how true it was.
• A daily photo of something that changes over time e.g. my fridge, the park’s play area, a busy street, the sky
• A photo of a person, two things written that are true about them and one lie. Guess the lie.
• Self portraits from different people – words, cartoons, abstract pictures, paintings
• My favourite thing on sale in a variety of shops – photograph it and describe it.
• The day’s top irritation – elaborated and explored – a bit self indulgent and like ‘grumpy old women!’
• Find and photograph as many different representations of a particular object as I can find and where I found it e.g. a flower (on clothes in shops, on cards, in books, in church carvings etc. I think this would make me obsessive!
• Explore an unusual word a day. One I do not know the meaning of. Put it in a sentence, illustrate it, put it to use and describe the response it got!
• Photos with a figure of something hidden in it (e.g. the same small cuddly toy) for people to spot!
• I could go on.....!

Comments

  1. Mark In Mayenne29 November 2009 at 16:32

    Well personally, I don't think anyone could make a blog without it having a theme. Eventually teh posts would have an identifiable theme, slant on life, style, whatever.

    You're blog doesn't need an artificial theme to make it interesting.

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  2. james29 November 2009 at 19:14

    Are you suggesting ideas for me?!!

    There's a very successful blog about queues apparently.

    I think a theme is emerging in your blog but can't quite put my finger on it just yet!

    I think an artificial theme can (but won't always) help a blog be successful (make money through ads), but the main purpose of a blog is to make the person who is blogging happy. Then that is proper successful innit?

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  3. The bike shed30 November 2009 at 21:55

    I think there is an important but often overlooked difference between a theme and a voice. Most important is developing the latter.

    You can develop mini themes as you go - I have few on my blog: Collections, Wales, Family, Landscape...

    A good one might be called 'I could go on...'

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  4. Molly Potter1 December 2009 at 10:08

    Pleasantly flondering around = I could go on!!!! I guess that's what we're all doing!

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