(to finish a conversation I started this weekend....)
The beauty of blogging is that you don't HAVE to DO anything in any particular way!
It's like an etch-a-sketch. You draw something. Everyone gets to look at it. You can change your mind, shake it up, draw it again.
I have a LOT of blog posts that I've started and never finished. They're all just benignly blinking at me from the post "queue" every time I log in.
I write to think. It's how I personally process things. If the 5 of you dedicated followers drifted off and never read my posts again, I don't think it would impact my desire to write at all. I do it for me, not any of you.
HOWEVER, there is something about the possibility of an audience, that makes me think it through a little more than I would otherwise, I suspect. I take the time to check spelling and grammar.
There is no wrong or right way to blog. Just write something, or take a photo and begin posting. That's it! It slowly takes on a life of its own. Or not. I've amazed, sometimes, to realize that I've now been blogging for years. It has just become a habitual outlet that I enjoy, so the desire to keep it up is completely and totally selfish. I feel no pressure, I have to agenda.
There are a number of platforms. I found this one a little confusing, and I've tweaked it a bit over the years. If I were interested in really getting it "out there" I'd probably tweak a little more, create some widgets, blah blah blah. Being fairly non-techie, though, this tool was fairly intuitive.
So. Just start. That's it! Just start.
The beauty of blogging is that you don't HAVE to DO anything in any particular way!
It's like an etch-a-sketch. You draw something. Everyone gets to look at it. You can change your mind, shake it up, draw it again.
I have a LOT of blog posts that I've started and never finished. They're all just benignly blinking at me from the post "queue" every time I log in.
I write to think. It's how I personally process things. If the 5 of you dedicated followers drifted off and never read my posts again, I don't think it would impact my desire to write at all. I do it for me, not any of you.
HOWEVER, there is something about the possibility of an audience, that makes me think it through a little more than I would otherwise, I suspect. I take the time to check spelling and grammar.
There is no wrong or right way to blog. Just write something, or take a photo and begin posting. That's it! It slowly takes on a life of its own. Or not. I've amazed, sometimes, to realize that I've now been blogging for years. It has just become a habitual outlet that I enjoy, so the desire to keep it up is completely and totally selfish. I feel no pressure, I have to agenda.
There are a number of platforms. I found this one a little confusing, and I've tweaked it a bit over the years. If I were interested in really getting it "out there" I'd probably tweak a little more, create some widgets, blah blah blah. Being fairly non-techie, though, this tool was fairly intuitive.
So. Just start. That's it! Just start.
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