How Do You Write Your Blog?

[Shalot]

This is for all those litnet bloggers out there. In answer to one of Anza's challenges that I haven't been following up on, I've come up with a new thread idea. as usual, I am probably a day late and dollar short but here it goes:

How do you write your blog?

Do you log on and start typing as soon as an idea comes to you? Or do you have an idea, and compose it in Word for example, and save it, and rewrite it before you post it? Do you sometimes have nothing to say, but you just go ahead and blog anyway? What is your blogging inspiration or motivation?

Most times, when I am hit with the urge to write an entry, I just log on and start typing. If I take too long, I am automatically logged out of lit net and I have to hit back space, and then copy it all, log back in, and then paste and repost (and hopefully edit if I see typos).

Most of my entries are just spur of the moment when I have an idea about something to talk about. Some of my entries have been forced and kind of boring.

So, please discuss ~ how do you blog?

[motherhubbard]

Well all of my entries are just whatever I’m thinking about or doing at the time. I don’t know why anyone reads that crap. I’m the most dorky boring person I know! But I type my dorky boring stuff up in a word doc and cut and paste it in. I have to check the spelling (and still miss some) and reread it first.

There are some really awesome blogs here. I look forward to reading what other people do.

[LadyWentworth]

I’m the most dorky boring person I know!
That's funny. I always say that about myself! So, I guess there are two of "us" in the world. :p


Anyway, I don't write as much as I should, I guess. But I have just been too busy/tired to really take the time to sit down and write something remotely interesting out. I pretty much will write something based on my mood. If I have something that I want to tell, or talk about, I will write about it. What I generally do is log in and make sure that I check the "remember me" box. I am so crazy that I will preview the entry more than once to make sure that I did my best to avoid mistakes. When I am pretty confident that all looks good, that is when I will post it.

[sprinks]

My blog.... is a mixture of things.

Some entries are random spur of the moment things.

Some entries I think out for weeks before I post.

But I just write them, and if they get really long then I put it in word and spell check it... Otherwise I'm fairly sure that there isn't too many mistakes :p

Recently I also was able to post photos of my art which is awesome :) And they'd have to be the least thought out entries, I just post the art with a little mention of what it is or how I did it :)

[kiz_paws]

My blog doesn't really follow a format that I adhere to. Sometimes I get stuff that my brother sends me and I think "hey, this would make for a good blog entry" (because it was useful/interesting, etc.). Othertimes I blog about the happenings in my neck of the woods (literally, ha!), and I just type it in notepad, and copy/paste it to my blog (and maybe add a pic or two).

I wanted my blog to be a little bit like a patchwork quilt -- a little of this, of that, and then people kind of get to know me from it. Sorta kinda?

Great thread, Shalot!

[papayahed]

How do you write your blog?



In invisible ink.

[Virgil]

This is for all those litnet bloggers out there. In answer to one of Anza's challenges that I haven't been following up on, I've come up with a new thread idea. as usual, I am probably a day late and dollar short but here it goes:

How do you write your blog?

Do you log on and start typing as soon as an idea comes to you? Or do you have an idea, and compose it in Word for example, and save it, and rewrite it before you post it? Do you sometimes have nothing to say, but you just go ahead and blog anyway? What is your blogging inspiration or motivation?

Most times, when I am hit with the urge to write an entry, I just log on and start typing. If I take too long, I am automatically logged out of lit net and I have to hit back space, and then copy it all, log back in, and then paste and repost (and hopefully edit if I see typos).

Most of my entries are just spur of the moment when I have an idea about something to talk about. Some of my entries have been forced and kind of boring.

So, please discuss ~ how do you blog?

I'm more like you, an idea hits me and I decide to blog on it. I guess given the fact that I can go weeks without a blog must mean I don't have too many ideas. ;) Unlike you Shaot I usually let the idea ruminate in my head for a little while, until I have the time to sit and compose the darn thing. I don't usually edit much, but hopefully I get the typos. Of which I'm known for. :p You know I probably have several ideas during the course of a day, but it seems strange to blog about it. I'm still not used to the notion of blog entries.

I'm jealous of some people's blogs: Rich's for instance rises to a level of art sometimes. Yours is pretty good too Shalot. You usually have something interesting to say.

[pussnboots]

This is for all those litnet bloggers out there. In answer to one of Anza's challenges that I haven't been following up on, I've come up with a new thread idea. as usual, I am probably a day late and dollar short but here it goes:

How do you write your blog?

Do you log on and start typing as soon as an idea comes to you? Or do you have an idea, and compose it in Word for example, and save it, and rewrite it before you post it? Do you sometimes have nothing to say, but you just go ahead and blog anyway? What is your blogging inspiration or motivation?

Most times, when I am hit with the urge to write an entry, I just log on and start typing. If I take too long, I am automatically logged out of lit net and I have to hit back space, and then copy it all, log back in, and then paste and repost (and hopefully edit if I see typos).

Most of my entries are just spur of the moment when I have an idea about something to talk about. Some of my entries have been forced and kind of boring.

So, please discuss ~ how do you blog?

I follow no game plan when it comes to blogging. If I think of something that might be interesting to people I will just sit down and talk about it. I don't write it out first in word and then copy and paste. I just write it as it comes to me. There have been times where I have started to write about something and then after reading it, I decided god that sounds so boring so I end up deleting it.

[Nossa]

I just write whenever I feel like writing. Even if I had a certain idea for some time, and I didn't feel like writing, I don't put it on the blog untill I feel like writing.

[aeroport]

At the moment...I don't. :(

[mtpspur]

As indicated in my blog preface I started at the encouragement of the beloved Logos as I was seriously thinking of leaving Litnet due to a perceived lack of attention and feeling vastly inferior to the other posters here.

Finding Litnet was originally an accident that I now believe was the providence of God to help me heal from my personal mid-life crisis (Nov 2005-Feb 2006) where I made a major blunder and took a very unlooked for wrong turn in the road of life. Been a bit of a bumpy road. I found great satisfaction in the entries dealing with meeting and marrying Ruth and some of the tales of former lost loves. And yes there are a couple that will NEVER be blogged about. I try to be honest about the good and the bad of what I have done or left undone without giving too much fodder for the devil to laugh at the wayward Christina playing with fire thinking the gloves are fireproof.

The great stories (to me) of my life have been mostly told. I tend to think about a past adventure for about a week trying to achieve of level of whimsy and humor about it without being preachy or too heavy handed.

When written pretty much as it comes to me with an idea of what direction to take. A close study of my stuff reveals way too much word repetition and meanderings. I spend too much time on the build-up and middle section then get tired of typing and wrap it up too quickly.

I generally (one of my favorite repitious words) post first then go back over looking for the typos. I rarely chagne more then a word or put in an obvious mising word. Often I'll do an entire entry then delete ii if I suspect I'm ranting more then is seemly.

Occasionally I do an entry about an author and their effect on my life--never with a view of doing the biography just showing what they mean to me.

Anyhooo it's all about trying to figure out who I really am and have I helped anyone or made their life just a bit better for being a part of it. And maybe once in awhile give some glory to the Lord Christ who deserves so much more from me then He gets.

Note to Virgil--humbled muchly by your praise when I wish I was you in the advice giving department. Your opinions have such clarity and common sense to them.

[mtpspur]

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[Sarasvati21]

I write what I see or feel, and lately I've posted couple of poems I've written... Hmm...I don't think I have a specific formula I use to know what to write...