
what do blog readers want?
…or, more specifically, what do you want from this blog? From me? “Stop reading minds and start asking questions.” These words were up on one of the slides that Jon Acuff, the keynote speaker at Haven, presented. His entire “talk” was awesome and encouraging. Just what I needed. But, those words were one of those inspirational nuggets that hit me like a ton of bricks. “…start asking questions.” No, no, no. You don’t want to ask an open-ended question like that on a blog, because the answers might be… well, hard to hear? Not what you’re hoping for? Maybe too raw and real and honest? So, I don’t ask the question and I carry on with making assumptions about what my readers want from me. And maybe I’m missing the mark. It’s been slowly creeping up on me – the realization that I don’t write like I used to. I used




