Comments on: Where do you get stuck blogging?

By: Soul food recipes

Soul food recipes — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:00:07 +0000

The hard part about blogging is the need to update. I can churn out a good post, but I can’t do it every day.

By: Terresa Wellborn

Terresa Wellborn — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:45:34 +0000

PS: Responding to the comment about pictures…

I spend huge blocks of time online searching for visual images that are striking/captivating and that fit the theme/feel of my blog. Then I label them and save them in a “Blog picts” file. From there, I’ve further subdivided them in order to access and scan them quickly for the perfect picture to match my poem, essay, etc. It’s a lot of work, but I feel that the visual part of my blog (erm, any blog?) is almost as important as the written word.

Just my .02.

By: Terresa Wellborn

Terresa Wellborn — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:43:05 +0000

I, too, have quite a few (about 75) blog posts that I’ve written up, which are almost ready to post. I also have a “Blog ideas” doc where I keep a running list of the top 25 or so docs I’d like to further develop and/or post.

My “Blog ideas” doc is broken into sections:
*Ready to post (essays/writing exercises)
*Poetry
*quotes
*Pictures to develop into a post
*Future ideas

Because my blog alternates between samples of my writing exercises, poetry, quotes, and art/visual images, that organizational scheme seems to work well for me (I’m a professional Librarian, can you already tell at this point?).

Having my ideas broken down into sections usually helps me in deciding what to blog about that day. It’s like having an outline that I change periodically, adding and taking away from (once I’ve posted something).

By: MamaArcher

MamaArcher — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:41:30 +0000

I struggle with this all of the time! I need help in this area! I seem to find myself in a rut quite often actually so if you get any brilliant ideas here I would love to read them!

My blogging seems to come in waves! Some days I can type up several and other days it seems I cannot type two words.

I like what Elisa said about only have a handful in her draft box. Maybe focusing on a few at a time might make it easier to actually get something ready to be posted. I also feel as if I have made progress if I can get several started. So maybe setting a limit on how many drafts you hold might make a difference. Just something to ponder……

By: Elisa

Elisa — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:29:07 +0000

well, I never have more than 5 drafts waiting in the wings. That helps me because I know what each one is, don’t really have to “reread” what I’ve started, and can quickly find the right one to make changes and updates. I sometimes wonder if I should make shorter posts, since sometimes my drafts end up being rather lengthy as I keep adding things to my original beginning.

also, I had real trouble with the “scheduled” option… until I realized my blog clock was set for, like, European standard time or something ridiculous like that.

I get stuck with photos and videos. I have the entire post ready to go… but it needs such and such a photo… which hasn’t even been uploaded to my computer from the camera yet, still needs to be edited, etc etc. That slows me down often.