Blogging in November

[tobyaw]

At the beginning of November I decided to write a blog post every day. I’m slightly surprised that I didn’t miss any.

I set myself other targets too: I would vary the subject matter of my posts from one day to the next; I would write multiple paragraphs and say something with more depth or development than could be expressed through a tweet; I would try to include something informative, something topical, and some personal opinion in every post.

Overall it has been quite satisfying; I will continue into December, but I will aim to post a greater variety of content, and multiple posts a day. Let’s see how we go!

Comments

[ggreig]

Yay! I approve. People blogging is good. It was getting bad when my occasional posts were starting to seem relatively prolific.

[tobyaw]

Keep up with the blogging yourself!

In my case, I often found myself formulating a posting in my head, particularly when driving (or being driven) to and from Dundee, but then I seldom got around to typing them in. So my big change in November was to motivate myself to type up what I’d already thought of — and now I’m going to try to turn that around, and capture more of my thoughts throughout the day.

[ggreig]

Thanks for the encouragement! I don't think my posting will ever be frequent - it often takes me too long to write anything to my satisfaction - but it will help me keep going :-)

[tobyaw]

I planned twenty minutes of blogging before going to bed, for any days where I hadn’t already posted something earlier. Looking at the timings of my posts during November, most were in the late evening.

Having the plan to sit in front of the computer at a consistent time of day encouraged me to think about and plan a blog post earlier in the day, knowing that there would be a time later set aside to type it up.

[vivdunstan.livejournal.com]

I've enjoyed your November blogs, so many thanks for doing them, and good luck as you continue.

I have quite a few different blog sites myself now, for various things, so don't blog so much here. But I do enjoy blogging, if for no other reason than it gets my ideas down for me to remember in future. And it improves my writing skills.

Make sure you don't burn out on the blogging though. I've known quite a few people start blogs with ambitious planned frequencies of posting. It's not sustainable, and they often end up stopping blogging altogether. Better to blog less often but in a sustainable long-term way. But you seem to be doing fine :)