In life, we all have expectations, goals, and hopes. Some of us are more perfectionists than others. What a perfectionist wants is for everything to be perfect. Makes perfect sense, right?
As bloggers (and those that are perfectionists), we feel each post has to be inspiring or earth-shattering. We agonize over each word and question it's meaning. Will this be read? Will someone turn their life around based on this post I wrote? Did I say everything I needed to say on this subject? What is the word count?
Speaking of goals...
This is hard for many bloggers. As part of my goals for 2010, I threw this one in there. ALLOW is the key word. As perfectionists, we are usually our biggest critics. I am giving myself permission to write short blog posts from time to time. You should do the same.
- Have a main point.
- Get to the point.
- Create lists or bullets.
- Keep it interesting.
- Less daunting. Clearly sitting down and knocking out a 15 minute post is less scary than wondering how you will keep your readers interested in your dissertation.
- Less time consuming. As mentioned above, a short post can be knocked out in 15 minutes, which in our busy lives, there may be days that is all the time we have to write a post.
- Readers have short attention spans! Are you still there??
- Keeps you motivated. Knowing that is IS OKAY to write a short post makes you motivated to jump on the computer and knock it out.
- Keeps readers coming back. ANY post is better than none. Still out there??
- Less editing/proofreading. Obviously, 250 words is easier to edit/proofread than 1500 words.
Bottom line: If you got something to say, just say it. In 300 words or less.
Please comment, I'd like feedback on this...
