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Blogger Prompt: How much effort do you put into your blog posts?

December 17th 2006 07:15

Hey guys, just a little heads up, I'm also posting here from now on, but the blog is under Brenton's name so all queries should be directed at him (He's going to be getting lots of complaints about me being involved with this blog isn't he?).

Anyways, I thought this would be an interesting little prompt.

How much effort do you put into your posts? Do you simply type something up in the space of five minutes, or do you prefer slaving over your posts for the better part of five hours?

I myself don't necessarily spend too long on posts, but never too short either. Sometimes I spend about twenty minutes (never less), but I have given posts well over five hours over a period of days.

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Comment by Nina

December 17th 2006 11:47

My posts usually take between half an hour to an hour. However, I usually have a rough plan of what I am going to say in my head before I start writing - that process can go on for hours while I am doing other, less interesting tasks!

Comment by Sandi

December 17th 2006 19:55

I just write whatever I feel like writing. I never sit here and just bang something out, but if I;m doing something else, and an idea for a good entry strikes, then I will stop what I am doing and write about it. I never spend more than a half an hour.

Comment by Brenton

December 17th 2006 21:27

Dr Spin
Tales From The Other Side
Downwrite
Blip Blog
Gadget Museum

I put about 20 mins in average. Longer is I really care about what I'm writing about. Most that time is serching flickr, adding links, formatting. The actual artilces comer very easily.

Comment by Cibbuano

December 17th 2006 23:30

20/20 Filmsight
Science News
Hunt Famous
Orble Post of the Day
Fat Cult
Techbreak

I routinely put in a half hour on my posts, though I may queue up shorter posts to ensure something gets posted everyday.

Sometimes, it's not the writing that takes the time, but the pictures and links...

Comment by Bhumika

December 18th 2006 00:04

Political Minds

i am a bad girl..i write whatever comes into my mind..i know very sporadic but i believe that to think and write would be holding myself back and think about being "correct" and "right"..so i let myself loose..

Comment by Anonymous

December 18th 2006 00:47

Brenton, you would like having 'queeries' directed at you after Ahmed's had them, wouldn't you.
How long did this little piece take you, Ahmed?
It's a grate read and I mean grate.
You two bum-buddies piss me off no end.
And, no you don't need to know who I am.
Isn't it pleasing to have a secret admirer?
Yours forever my darlings,
Anon.
You ubiquitous fucks.

Comment by Brenton

December 18th 2006 01:30

Dr Spin
Tales From The Other Side
Downwrite
Blip Blog
Gadget Museum

Anonomous, you may find some value in clicking HERE I'd love for you to PM myself or perhaps Ahmed and tell us exectly from where this irrational hatred stems. Also, purely out of curiosity, how much effort do you put into your blog posts?

Bhumika, haha, I do that to sometimes.

Cibby, do you use creativecommons.org, or flickr? IF not, give it a try, it might make finding recourses easier

Comment by Lilla

December 18th 2006 01:49

Enviro Warrior
An Extra Ordinary Life
Dream Herald
Esoteric Bookshop

Hi Guys,

...about 30 mins to an hour... it's hard to say because I am constantly being interrupted... sometimes I can plonk one together in 10 minutes... all the words and pieces fall onto the page and the thing writes itself... other times (like environmental and dream analysis) it can take me hours... depends on which site, which day and which subject on how much research is involved...other times a poem or story can write itself in under five minutes and the exact pictures I need for a post can materialise... just like that...

... there is really no set (hard and fast) rule on this for me... much like most things...

good question though for everyone to see,
especially those with less confidence in their skills ...
who may well be wondering...

Lilla...

Comment by Ahmed

December 18th 2006 02:25

techy.Bytes
Video Gamer Kids
Little Green Foosballs
PolyKicks
Qwerk
Cinema Three

To Anon, erm, get a life? Ok, honestly I think I know who you are, but I won't be pointing fingers.

This post took me 10 minutes to do, I admit I rushed it.

Anyway, thanks for your inputs everybody who didn't throw in vulgar language in what they wrote

Comment by JohnDoe

December 18th 2006 03:07

Film & TV on DVD

Generally I put in about an hour on a post and just review whatever I have watched the night before.

Agree with Cib, sometimes finding images and videos takes more time than the typing itself.

Comment by The Voices in my Head

December 18th 2006 04:35

The Voices in my Head

It really depends on 'where' I am writing from. If I am angry or just having a sort of blah day, it takes longer. If I am happy or really sad, it usually comes together pretty fast. It also depends on if I go a little link crazy or throw a video in.

Voices~

Comment by LaurenD

December 18th 2006 06:02

Bout an hour. Sometimes more if I'm feeling the perfectionist and annoying myself.

LaurenD

Comment by Ahmed

December 18th 2006 09:10

techy.Bytes
Video Gamer Kids
Little Green Foosballs
PolyKicks
Qwerk
Cinema Three

Ah, so your writing kind of revolves around your moods then Voices?

We can all relate LaurenD, in a biiiiiiiig way, well I can relate, can't speak for the rest of you guys, but I hope I can relate cos it would suck if I was on my own out here with Lauren...

Comment by Damo

December 18th 2006 10:58

For the Sake of Argument
My Apologetics

About 1 hour to write it.
Another en mintues to upload if there are pics.
And another hour kicking myself for all the spelling and grammer errors I made.
I am a creative speller.

Comment by Ahmed

December 18th 2006 11:01

techy.Bytes
Video Gamer Kids
Little Green Foosballs
PolyKicks
Qwerk
Cinema Three

Damo, you should do your posts on MSWord, built in spell checker = saving time.

Comment by Luke

December 18th 2006 12:49

Book Club
Old Movies
Cane Toad Warrior

depends... sometimes it can take me two hours to do a single blog, sometimes it'll only take me five minutes.

I spend a lot of time on them though, sometimes to the point where it really wears thin.

Comment by Damo

December 18th 2006 13:53

For the Sake of Argument
My Apologetics

Ahmed
Even that can't help with some words.
American spelling really bugs me.
Passive sentences, what the crap?

Comment by Always Eighteen

December 18th 2006 14:36

Always Eighteen: Japan Edition

Some posts take me a week to complete. The others take 2 days. Sometimes I still modify the posts a while after they've been published. I'm an edit freak.

Comment by ChrisB

December 19th 2006 00:10

Formula 1
The Social Centre

Some of mine take ages. Hours and hours. The bulk of it i make up as I go, but fine tune for an hour or so. Finding photos and stuff also can be time consuming.

Comment by Bryn

December 19th 2006 00:41

Horrorphile

Generally about an hour, and like others finding the pics that i want to use takes a while ... Sometimes I'll not know what to write or stop and start and then it pours out in 15 mins ... Othertimes if I'm feeling particularly passionate about a topic I'll tweak it over a couple of hours ... I would like to spend less time, but I can't help myself ...

Comment by MelissaA

December 19th 2006 05:36

Fun Facts

Depends on the circumstances, but usually much longer than I ever intend.

Also massively much longer if I go over my internet limit and end up on dial up speed which is often the case, especially with research and pictures.

I actually try to set up a whole lot of posts in order so I can get on with other commitments - especially these days, but that in itself takes many hours upon hours. The better part of the day has ended up being devoted to my blog to the detriment of my washing and other necessary tasks.

Comment by Anders 1

November 16th 2007 13:46

the Comic Blogg
Seriebloggen

The most time consumeing part of blogging for me is writing and drawing my comics, which tends to take between 3 and 7 hours of active work, not counting the research behind them. Writing the actuall blog entry takes me between 15 minutes to an hour and a half. And then I usually find something wrong with my posts, spelling or whatever so I go back and edit them.

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