Learned tools in feature writing

Taking a featured writing class one of the first things that i had to figure out was how to create a blog which i had always heard of blogs but never had participated in.  There are many abbreviations and words that i did not understand the first week of class i.e. NUT GRAF, to a person who has never heard this term before, you cant even imagine what the word means.  Having to have a few of your works published in the college paper to be able to receive an above average grade in the class is a shock to me.  I have enjoyed writing all my life, but having the piece be good enough to be in a paper that many people will read, is a bit intimidating.