Setup Blog
- Navigate to Settings → Reading
- Select “A static page (select below)”
- Set the “Post Page” option to your blog page
- Save the settings

Change Blog Layout
- Go to Appearance → Customize → Blog
- At the “Blog Layout” setting choose a layout
Change excerpt length
- Go to Appearance → Customize → Blog
- At the “Excerpt Length” setting add a numeric value
Change read more text
- Go to Appearance → Customize → Blog
- At the “Read more text” setting add your own text