A few good points were made in this thread. I can see we're going to need a
project list. LOL. The expert in this thread about writing for LibO,
documentation, etc is Jean. She has the experience coming from the
OpenOffice.org project. So for all the technical points and how to use the
templates already available I defer to her.
As for writing in general, it isn't that hard. You talk to your friends,
right? Well writing is just like talking to your friends. Talk to your
friends, they are your audience. Type up your conversation as you are having
it. Afterwards, when it is finished, go over it again. Correct the typos,
spelling errors and grammar. Delete the expletives. Now ask yourself, "Does
it still make sense?; Does it still flow?; Does it sound like you?; Do you
want your name associated with this? That's writing. Marketing is another
matter altogether. Marketing is knowing who you are speaking to.
I would prefer not to create assignments; you write about this, I'll write
about that, and they can write about the other thing. If there is a part
about LibreOffice that you use alot, a little thing that you had to figure
out how to do that you may do differently in other office suites, write
about that. Write about something that you do, that interests you. The good
thing about blog posts is, they don't have to be long. A paragraph or two
can suffice. OH, there I go again. Suffice, a perfectly good word but is it
appropriate. Always keep an eye to marketing. We still haven't figured out
our audience on the blog. We have few posts and only spam comments so far.
I agree it might be good to have blog posts listed in the social media. That
is good but not good enough. The people that follow TheDocumentFoundation
and LibreOffice on Twitter and Facebook are the choir. They already know
about us and probably use LibreOffice. We need to get the word out to the
general public. Post about our new blog posts on our own social media pages.
That will increase our visibility.
*John Shabanowitz
http://libodocs.wordpress.com
We're recruiting, come join us.*