Happy 2010
Happy 2010
Jan 11Well, another year is underway. I’m not big on resolutions, but I do like to take the chance with each new year to evaluate what I’ve been doing and think about the direction I want to take this year.
Too many things to focus on
I tended to divide my focus too much last year. Fiction. Multiple blogs. Articles. Freelance projects. Marketing. Social networking. It all meant that I just didn’t have quite enough time for anything, and never enough time to do it all well.
This year I’m going to limit myself. Fiction and the blogs are going to be my focus this year. I don’t plan on doing any freelance projects or articles. I also plan on limiting my use of social networking.
Focus for the blog
I think the blog has reflected my general lack of focus. I’d like to try to do some repeat themes like Grammar Monday, Fiction Tuesday, etc.
I’ll be spending some time over the next week going through logs and determining what posts get the most traffic, the most comments and the most shares on social networks. I’ll use that to develop a list of types of posts and subject to focus on this year.
What do you want?
What types of posts would you like to see here? What do you enjoy most, find the most useful? Is there a type of post you’d like me to not do any more of?
I’d love to get your feedback as I’m planning for the new year.
I’d love to see more posts on how to effectively write blog posts. As someone who’s not naturally geared to write effectively, I’m not in charge of overseeing two different blogs. How to come up with good topics and how to effectively get the creative juices flowing would be great topics to cover.
Even for a creative writer, having a plan of attack can be crucially important.
There are some writers who have a general idea when they begin a novel how it is going to develop. These kind of writers tend to let the work itself develop organically. In this way, they allow inspiration to take over their writing. That way the writer is as entertained by the work as the reader who picks the novel off of the library or book store shelf.
They there are those, like William Faulkner, who had everything charted on his office wall for reference. For Faulkner, and “plan of attack” writers in general, a full schematic is necessary.
I think you have perhaps reached a happy compromise, planning the general topics and then letting inspiration fill in the blanks.
I’ll be looking forward to your work.
.-= Beth Charette´s last blog ..New Article: Elf Culture: One with Nature =-.
Stay laser focused on one or two projects and you will get more done and greater satisfaction. I made the mistake in trying to take on too much and I fell on my face.
.-= Frank Jovine´s last blog ..Aroldis Chapman signs with the Reds =-.