Terrible at blogging
Author: Rev19 Apr
So, I’m pretty lousy at getting this page updated with actual posts - I’ve updated the side bars and wordpress itself. I blame my general laziness and pounce (and now twitter). You’ve got to make time for blogging, obviously. That’s pretty hard for me with the aforementioned laziness and then there’s work and family.
It used to be I could get things written because an idea would invade my brain and fester for a while. I’d subconsciously write the post over the course of a day or two and finally I’d just make the time to write.
Now with twitter and pounce I can just dump those pesky ideas with a quick “This sucks” “This good” “Grunt grunt”.
Do more professional - or at least consistent - bloggers avoid “the social” all together? Any tips and tricks for overcoming the lazy enabling instant micro blogging?
One Response for "Terrible at blogging"
I think the internet is evil, if you want to write. Because blogging is ultimately writing.
I’ve started writing a lot away from the computer entirely, just with pen and paper. There is definitely a volume of words, but you’re going to lose that sense of concern with … “oh, have I updated lately?” Well, maybe there’s nothing to say yet. It’ll be done when it’s done.
There are so many distractions on the ‘net, that writing tends to be communicationally-oriented (ie, IMs and IRC and quick emails), as opposed to any coherent, organized thoughts that would actually be useful to read. Think of what you seek out on the ‘net to read for yourself. One looks for source materials, the real “meaty” stuff that took awhile to write, and was probably done in relative isolation. Maybe it was *inspired* by current events, but you’ve gotta disengage from the news sources and people’s opinions if you’re gonna come up with something that’s actually worth people’s time to read.
It’s probably why so many bloggers either give up entirely (so many empty things on my aggregator), or why the rest are stressed out to the point of health issues. One is boring and the other is, well, unhealthy.
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