Comments on: Your first 10,000 Blog Posts are Always the Worst

By: Nolaw97

Nolaw97 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:26:17 +0000

This is really something I think I could have used about 2 years ago. I know I am nowhere near as good a writer as perhaps everybody here, but I also know I can at least put words together.

I started blogging on blogspot and put 500 blogs there, each averaging about 3 pages. I extended that to myspace, Xanga, Soulcast, Blogstream, Live Journal and Wordpress.

But I got kinda disappointed and pulled them all down, including my booksite and sat here thinking, “what am I doing wrong?” I have thousands of people who have read my posts on numerous sites and were reading my blogs, but I could not translate that to book sales. My writing seemed to be off or something, and in my disappointment I figured to erase the board and start anew.

I wish I had kept them, but it’s not a problem since I save every blog on my computer before I post it, but after reading some of the comments here, I really like the ideas. Rewriting certain posts gives me the chance to enhance an older post and make it like new again.

I bragged on the blogspot about my 500th post, which is about 1500 pages of writing, but I knew that I could do better, as lots of you said, you learn more about writing by writing. But I resigned myself to take a couple of weeks off to go back and read more about blogging; I think my flaw was in that I thought all you had to do was just blog your head off… which I did. I have learned that there is much, much more involved, but if done well, could be worth it.

Thanks for sharing your ideas guys.

By: Y. S.

Y. S. — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 15:41:42 +0000

Oh, tell me about it! I’m bran new at this!

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:53:49 +0000

Practice makes perfect? In some cases, it just makes you average.

By: kat

kat — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 22:02:42 +0000

Yeah, motivation … one post at a time … after today, only 9962 posts to go! ;-)

By: kat

kat — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:34:24 +0000

I’m so happy to know that after a mere 9,963 more posts that I won’t SUCK anymore. I feel so much better now. ;-)

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:45:13 +0000

Well, looks I have plenty of posts before out of this hole. :P
I’m enjoying and even in the 3 months, I’ve been seriously blogging, I noticed a difference. I think that also examining others can speed the process up. You’re building on shoulders of giants so to speak. I love coming here and seeing other people’s thoughts on blogging.

By: Yuwie Layouts

Yuwie Layouts — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:28:56 +0000

Man.. I’ve been blogging for a month now. Daily. And now I hear 10,000 posts? Motivation is the key, people!

By: bowerbirdvintage

bowerbirdvintage — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 07:05:34 +0000

Wow….and I was so thrilled to reach 100! does that mean I’m still writing crappy posts ?(ha)

By: Carlo Selorio

Carlo Selorio — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 03:38:43 +0000

I’m no way near my 10,000 post… but I know every day I blog I get better.

Thanks for the encouragement.

Cheers,
Carlo

By: David Scrivner

David Scrivner — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:30:54 +0000

Thanks for the uplifting post. These words of encouragement will get me through another day. It is tough some days to keep going when it feels like the posts are just not clicking the way they should be and people aren’t reading.

By: Mandy

Mandy — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:24:27 +0000

This is so true, I know I am a better blogger than I was when I started, and in a year’s time will hopefully be even better than I am now.

I look forward to that, and looking back to see how I have grown. I have just put a related posts plugin on my blog and I can see some of the old ones popping up, and it makes me think of how far I have come.

I can be a bit eager to look to the future and what I have planned, and it is good to stop and take a look back and root myself in the here and now again!

It’s a great boost to my confidence to see that I am improving, and that the future will hold new and exciting things for me. It gives me momentum to keep moving forward…

By: Blogomotive

Blogomotive — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:14:28 +0000

Unless you know how to write from the beginning. That only your few first post are not good, mostly because of lack of experience in using blog interface etc.
Or am I wrong?

By: Razib Ahmed

Razib Ahmed — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:14:04 +0000

The first 6 months-1 year is the toughest part in blogging especially if you intend to pay all your bills with blogging. Until you get good traffic (that brings enough revenue), you are in a shaky condition. Even if your blog entries are good yet you are not confident. Once, you get healthy regular traffic then you can calm down and focus on the quality of your content. Well, the opposite can happen too as you might get too much obsessed with SEO and write for search engines rather than human beings.

By: Armaan

Armaan — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:54:58 +0000

Interesting…… still i have not over 1000 post at my blogs. And i also find, i improved from previous at least.

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By: Googlelady

Googlelady — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:31:14 +0000

The main idea here the more you practice the more you do better. The more love you put in your blog the better you do. Blogging is about something you are appasionated about a topic.

By: Hyder

Hyder — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:18:36 +0000

10,000 posts! Wow, I’ll be a grandad by then.

I think I’ll be doing better once I hit 1000 – almost there.

By: Christy

Christy — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:14:17 +0000

I read the quote in an entirely different manner than most of the folks on the board… It’s out of context, which makes it hard to interpret, but to me it is a statement of humility (maybe even self deprecation) from an accomplished photographer. It’s not as trite as saying that your early work is going to be bad. Instead, he’s saying that your work is never good enough and that you should always strive for something better. While that may sound like negative thinking to certain folks, it’s typical of artists to think that their work is never good enough.

And, at the risk of bringing flames down upon my head… humility (not to be confused with a lack of self confidence) is not a trait most people develop until they’re a bit older than the average blogging population. =} It takes a long time to learn enough to know that you don’t really know anything.

It’s a brilliant quote, regardless. Thanks for making us all reflect a little bit!

By: Miss D

Miss D — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:22:11 +0000

Thank you Darren! I am indeed a new blogger and although I try so hard to make every post witty, engaging and relevant – gah – it’s hard! Even at the six month in stage, I look back at early posts and cringe. But I love that I keep learning. I’m sure this will make a better – and hopefully more prolific – writer of me, not just a better blogger. Thanks for the encouragement.

By: Joseph Bernard

Joseph Bernard — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:26:08 +0000

I think this viewpoint is very limited. It comes from some kind of perspective that we are not enough unless we work really hard at it. That is called social conditioning and is simply a limited belief.

A belief with more possibility is: each day you show up and write your blog from the highest and best place in you. That is a wonderful thing to offer your readers. Sure your technique may improve and your wisdom will grow with life experiences and that is the way it should be.

I write every one of my blogs from an inspired place. I write to lift people up and to encourage the best in them. I have done that from the beginning and now 220 blogs in I feel more confident that I am doing this because it has meaning and purpose for me and my readers.

Joseph
http://www.ExploreLifeBlog.com

By: free international call

free international call — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:26:20 +0000

It’s true that we are improving by time and practice .