Want to Write a New World Notes Guest Post? Keep Those Nutgrafs Coming!

I'm immensely stoked by last week's New World Notes Guest Post by Night Flower, who wrote about the challenge of integrating her first life with her second life. Her story is still attracting a passionate comment thread, and that's no surprise: The nutgraf which begins it is totally compelling, clearly conveys her essay's core idea, and hints at what's to come:

I once created a Second Life avatar named Night Flower, but in 2008, gave her up. I left Night to save my marriage, my family, maybe even my own soul. I left Night knowing that unless I could claim in earnest the kind of life I'd only been living vicariously through her, I could never come back.

I have more guest posts of comparable quality coming up, and would love to publish more. Here's my guidelines on submitting guest post ideas to New World Notes. Once the nutgraf rocks like Night's, everything afterward is easy.

Comments

[Little Lost Linden]

These nutgrafs remind me of nuggets from BattleStar Galactica.

...So say we all.

[Nightflower]

Hamlet neglects to mention that my nutgraf didn't "rock" until he'd kicked my ass for about a week. If my post is generating positive feedback, much of the credit needs to go to my editor :)