Comments on: Frictionless blogging: Remove the barriers to publishing

By: Dian Reid

Dian Reid — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:13:00 +0000

this post has been extremely helpful to me this week…cheers to blogging away, publishing, and then worrying about the details. thank you!

By: Bamboo Forest - PunIntended

Bamboo Forest - PunIntended — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:20:08 +0000

Interesting perspective, Leo. I always appreciate your posts on blogging.

My qualm with editing after publishing would be this: It takes a while for the reader to update any changes and that’s how many, many people read your blog post! So even if you edit soon after publishing, it won’t change in the reader for quite a while.

By: geld lenen

geld lenen — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:01:54 +0000

Exactly! Blogging isn’t different from anything else in life!

By: JP

JP — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:07:20 +0000

I often publish then correct later because Blogger is incapable of really showing WYSIWYG and there’s a lot to fix there! When you have followers, how often do they get word that you have a new post if you fix it 20 times? What about if you fix it on different dates?

By: wildwoodwaitress

wildwoodwaitress — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:14:29 +0000

Hi Leo,

Just found your writer’s blog, and I am enjoying it and its variety.

I want to comment on this one and, in particular, on the suggestion of write now, write it fast and correct it later.

I see this as a disservice to both the writer and the reader. Writing is a discipline. This means a carefully reviewing what you’ve written and making changes, corrections and polishing the piece before submitting it for publication. Sure this takes time. I often let even small pieces sit overnight and scan with fresh eyes the next day. It makes a difference in the quality of what I produce and boosts my confidence as well as my skill.

I know blogs are sometimes quantity over quality. My training and experience (more than 30 years) says quality trumps quantity.

My boss and editor would encourage me to create a backlog of stories so I had material at the ready. Material that was polished and cured and ready for publication. It was a good idea then and I believe it’s still a good one.

If the copy you’re putting up is constantly in need of tweaking and correcting, readers eventually will go elsewhere.

By: Myrrh C.

Myrrh C. — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:24:54 +0000

I’ve started writing on paper again and then typing it to my blog (which is when I polish, but not overly so). Have you read The Phenomenology of Writing by Hand?

http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/short/phenom.html

I also blogged about my struggle with writing vs. performing here:

http://savouringgrace.com/2009/03/08/writing-or-performing-with-words/

By: JJ

JJ — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:32:54 +0000

I just attempted my first frictionless post. It was fun…besides what is the worst that can happen…no one will read it…wait….that happens already. You have my Fattitude of Gratitude.

By: SewingRoots

SewingRoots — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:05:05 +0000

Leo,

As a very new blogger with limited blogging time (mother of 2 young children), I really appreciated these useful tips. I’m already just using TextEdit to write. I’m working on letting go of perfectionism.

Thanks,
Sony

By: Klaus Tol ( Guitar habits )

Klaus Tol ( Guitar habits ) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:00:55 +0000

Awesome post Leo !

I think a lot of bloggers deal with these issues including myself.
Spending too much time on finding the perfect picture, getting the words right, etc is something I also have to let to go. Less worrying of what others think of my writing, but just getting the message out there.

I think the more experienced you become, the more you let go of perfection.

I’m inspired by your frictionlessness

Klaus Tol

By: dr aletta

dr aletta — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:37:04 +0000

A lot of your suggestions/ideas I learned the hard way. One I learned from you–using a word processor to minimize distractions. Just doing that boosted my productivity 100%.

The Imperfect Blogger
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