No one should be surprised that I am already three posts behind on NaBloPoMo. I’ll get caught up today, and yeah, this one counts.
I love the idea of writing everyday but I also love the idea of writing posts that are actually interesting, entertaining or even outrage producing. I don’t like the idea of boring people to death. If you like those kind of journal entry blog posts, then take look in my archives for the first year when no one was reading me. They’re all boring as hell and don’t do anything to enlighten anyone.
Let me back up a bit, if you are just starting out in the blogging world you’re going to write some pretty lame stuff. It takes practice and for the most part only a few posts will hit it out of the park. You’re lucky if you entertain yourself. Keep at it, that’s the point of NaBloPoMo, to get in the habit of writing regularly, even when you have nothing to say.
Some of my best posts were writing about the mundane. My all time favorite post, and one that still makes me laugh, is my post titled How Not to Leave a Comment. It was a post I wrote about comment etiquette. People rarely leave comments anymore, they save that for Facebook or Twitter or SnapChat, it’s too bad because some of the most fun I have ever had happened in the comment sections of my favorite blogs.
If you’re already behind on NaBloPoMo, keep at it. Don’t be discouraged and don’t quit. Get caught up if you can and if you can’t, it’s not a big deal. Just keep writing. You’ll look back and see how much your writing improved by the mere act of doing it.
It’s a simple concept actually, practice makes perfect, or fake it ’til you make it, whichever one works for you, just do it.
I wouldn’t be able to manage it. I’d go crazy. A blog post a day? I get stressed out about writing a blog post every 5 days!
I wish people still commented on blogs more. Sure, you can throw out some red political meat for people to argue over, but it’s not the same thing.
I shoot for three posts a day. Granted, they’re usually short, often quote-heavy – but not always.
I’m lucky to have developed a following of people who love to leave comments. That’s good and bad; some have developed into great friends; a couple have been fairly demented stalkers.