Comments on: Draft Drafts Not Failed Posts

By: Blogging Experiment

Blogging Experiment — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:22:44 +0000

Mike, the RSS feed reading is exactly when I brainstorm most of my posting topics now. Now there’s of course some “evergreen” stuff that is always good to talk about but I find that stuff is great for times when the industry or niche I’m in is a bit slower.

I’m glad you’ve enjoyed the site. I certainly appreciate the compliment!

By: Mike Sutyak

Mike Sutyak — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:45:08 +0000

I post roughly once a week and it’s mainly because I have a difficult time coming up with valuable content on a regular basis. Usually I’ll find something that I’ll think would be a good read as well as insightful only to write myself into a dead-end. I can definitely relate to the post “graveyard” you described where the unpublished drafts are simply posts gone bad.

I love this idea you have because while I’m doing my daily reading of all my feeds, I can keep a window open and write down any inspirations. That way I might be able to come back later and elaborate on what I initially thought of. Maybe I’ll even be able to come up with a more frequent post schedule.

Thanks for all the valuable content so far Ben.

By: Patricia - Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworker

Patricia - Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworker — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:42:15 +0000

Great idea. I do my first drafts in a notebook where I handwrite them before I take the ideas to my computer. I feel good if I are 2-3 drafts ahead of my publishing schedule. I have published at least 2 posts a week since I started on June 1. Now I have settled down to a publishing schedule of Wednesday and Sunday. Sometimes the Wednesday post will come out on Tuesday or Thurdsday instead. I have 3 notebooks of writing that gets considered before they become drafts. I just like the feel of handwriting the first drafts. I feel more connected to my center when I hand write first. The ideas change about 3 times before they actually become a post. I like your idea of using the draft to collect ideas for possible future articles. Thanks.