Skelliwag wrote an interesting post back in June on the three D’s of blogging which really resonated with me and kind of echos how I’m feeling about the whole blog situation at the moment.
“For some, the loss of a desire to blog might be caused by the novelty wearing off. Particularly when writing in narrow niches, or writing timeless content that is not based on news or new developments, you can begin to feel over time that you have said everything there is to say on your topic, and that you are essentially repeating yourself. In this case, it’s important not to continue in the same way – particularly when writing blog posts begins to feel like a chore. The content you write will be poor and you will damage your feelings about blogging.”
The emphasis in the quote is mine, but I imagine she would have said it something like that.
I’m not sick of blogging per say, but still feel kind of guilty about the lack of focus and the confusion that I must be bringing to every post I’ve been writing. I don’t really wanna write crap that’s not worth reading anymore. I want to reignite my blogging desire.
In my previous post I was really truthful with you guys about the future of Code My Own Road and apologised (in a round about way) for the lack of structure about the place. The blog doesn’t really have a focus. You can’t goto codemyownroad.com and go “oh this site is clearly about such and such”.
Such is blogging (to borrow the famous saying “such is life”). We make mistakes, regroup, and move on.
“Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.” – Oscar Wilde
The most important thing is: I’m feeling inspired. I have things to keep me busy and never fear, Code My Own Road is still part of these plans. I will be umm… coding my own road… so to speak.
I’m going to start writing up details about how my interactions with Nick the painter (from the last post) have gone and how we’re handling his website project together. It’s great fun and we’re both enjoying the process so I’d love to share some of that. I can’t wait to share some of that actually, my fingers are quivering above the keyboard just thinking about writing up that little gem of a series.
Once that topic is wrapped up for the moment I’ll probably aim to talk about another small project I’m about to start work on now. And as I promised last post, I won’t be posting things in between unless I feel it’s good quality content, would be well-timed, or happens to be news worth sharing.
I want every post to be “worth reading”.
Photo credit: Annie Mole
Josh, I wrote on my tinobox.com blog for 2 years before I found enough focus to work on Website In A Weekend.
Now, after about a year, I’m about done with Website In A Weekend. Definitely done with the first round.
What’s happening to us is normal, we should be expecting it.
I suggest using CMYR in the same way I’m using tinobox: write what you feel inspired to write about. Later, you can repurpose articles as necessary.
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Repurposing is a fantastic thing to mention here. I’ve written a load of content on many different topics, a lot of which I could repurpose and improve for use in guest posts on blog that are closer suited to that category and audience.
WIAW is a great resource and something you should be proud of. At least you know that it’s time to change things up. And you’re right, it’s normal and we should be expecting it.