Writing 101, Day Eleven: Update your readers over a cup of coffee

No matter what type of blog you have, it’s sometimes necessary to post updates: from project news to personal messages about what’s going on in your life. One creative approach to an update post is a “virtual coffee date,” as seen on Kate Goes Global, which is like catching up with an old friend over a cup of coffee.

In her post, Kate begins each paragraph with If we were having coffee right now… and then adds a detail. You can share any details you’d like and include as many as you want, as long as you begin each with If we were having coffee right now… (or a variation of this phrase, as seen on Girl with the Red Hair).

It’s a simple idea, but offers a bit more structure to your post — and is a lot more fun. So today, write an update post in the form of a virtual coffee date.

If this post isn’t fitting for your blog or not your style, here’s your alternative: use a coffee shop as your inspiration.

Set your poem or short story in a cafe:
Not a fan of coffee shops? Tell us about a place or type of setting where you like to meet and socialize with friends or loved ones.
Love or hate coffee? Tell us why.

“I like coffee because it gives me the illusion that I might be awake” Lewis Black

Writing 101, Day Eleven: Update your readers over a cup of coffee

Monday, Paris
An outside Cafe
On Champs Elysées

Watching the passersby
With spirits held up high
No hurries, no sighs
Life still moving along
People carrying on
The worries almost gone

Enjoying my cup of coffee
This time I chose a latte
“When in France,
Do as the French do”
And a croissant with toffee
To complete the story

Just another day
On my stay
In the city of Paris

Related posts:
There is always time for Coffee (Repost for Writing 101)