Blogging Frequency

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Permalink Reply by KFun on January 31, 2010 at 5:49pm

Whew! That makes me feel better! I'm the same way and have worried about it. I've seen lots of bloggers post EVERYDAY or multiple times a day and it wears me out thinking about it. Maybe I'm just not creative enough, but I think the time lapse in my posts tends to help me be able to convey my thoughts the way I want and not get stuck in a writing rut.

Mostly though - I don't have time. I have a full time job and an 8 month old who keeps me busy as soon as I get home. Normally I'm only able to blog on the weekends when she's napping. I wish I could do it more though. :-(

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Permalink Reply by Pam on January 25, 2010 at 10:14am

I only blog during the week, just for the fact that most people don't read on the weekends anyway. And I'm usually caught up in a world wind of some activity or rehearsal. so I only have time for the weekdays.

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Permalink Reply by m'liss on January 25, 2010 at 11:46am

It's only VERY recently that I started posting once a day because I started this thing called 'Project 365' (a picture a day, for a year) and I wanted to post them on my blog. I find it's been helping me blog more often because there's always an idea or story that comes with the picture.

But before doing Project 365 I blogged between 3-5 times a week, depending when/what I had to say. I'm constantly amazed at people who post every day and always have something interesting to say. It's a lot harder then it seems!

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Permalink Reply by Rachel on January 25, 2010 at 12:22pm

i usually post at least 3 times a day...
but i mainly post poetry, etc. so it's not like i'm posting a huge 'dear diary' or an opinion on some current event that takes ages to read.

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Permalink Reply by Kory Mathewson on January 25, 2010 at 12:42pm

I post when I have something creative to say, BUT I make sure, on the days when I do not post, to try my best to list possible, interesting topics that will fuel my creative fire when it does relight!

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Permalink Reply by Mr. Apron on January 25, 2010 at 12:44pm

I've published every day since I started. 350-something posts on this blog and two hundred whatever on the last blog I had before I killed it. I publish every day for two reasons:

1.) I thought that was what you were "supposed to do."

and

2.) I have obsessive-complusive disorder. And no friends.

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Permalink Reply by Dr Brainspiller on January 25, 2010 at 1:18pm

Ha ha. No friends =P That's dedication man, and I'm a subscriber, your stuff is entertaining.

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Permalink Reply by Dr Brainspiller on January 25, 2010 at 1:17pm

I just blog when I have an idea or something funny to say, just whenever really. It tends to be 3 or 4 times a week, but I try to ensure that at least one of those is a large post, to keep readers entertained. Check me out, I've just made a new page - http://acynicsviewoftheworld.wordpress.com/

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Permalink Reply by Allison on January 25, 2010 at 1:38pm

I used to do 2-3 times a week, sometimes 4. Lately I've been gunning for 5 days and I have seen a huge effect in my comments and visitors so I think it's worth it. I find it helpful to write down post ideas when they come to me, having a running series of topics you blog about on certain days (Thursdays is my Things that make me happy day, so that almost doesn't count). And I am also getting submissions for guest blogs, which helps too. You just have to get creative in how you build your content. It's do-able, but takes thought and planning.

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Permalink Reply by Megan on January 25, 2010 at 4:10pm

For a time I was posting once a day, or at least five times a week, but demands of real life made that difficult, and I didn't want to post if I didn't have anything to actually say. Since declaring myself a creative non-fiction concentration in my graduate program I've been torn - part of me wants to blog every day just so I write every day, and part of me wants to only post quality work - which usually doesn't happen in the amount of time I have to write everyday.

Now I'm making an effort to blog more frequently, but avoiding a specific schedule, because I know I won't be able to keep to it.

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Permalink Reply by Carrie Consalvi on January 25, 2010 at 4:13pm

We seem to have the same conflict. I force myself to figure out something to write because it forces me to become a better writer, find my own voice, do something creative. I'm just trying to balance motivation and obligation.

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Permalink Reply by Megan on January 25, 2010 at 4:20pm

I think I need a list of bloggers prompts. That's why I like the idea of the Blog carnival and everything, because I can write my opinion on just about anything, but I need some push to get me started.

The only real thing I can say from my experience as a blogger (going on 18 months now) is that you're not obligated to anyone but yourself (or, if you're like me, your mother), and if you aren't blogging because you want to blog, you're really going to burn out. I've gone through periods where I've had six drafts on Wordpress and just couldn't bring myself to finish any of them, because they weren't topics that I particularly cared about - they were posts I thought would attract readers. I don't have a lot of followers, but in my lifelong quest to be popular, I've learned that the harder you try, the fewer people you please. :)

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