The Art of Stress Free Blogging

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1. Jeffro2pt0 (164 comments.) says:

   8/29/2007 at 8:37 pm

   Wow, amazing that my blog post is right on target along with this one. What do I do? This http://www.jeffro2pt0.com/relax-for-50-seconds/
2. Matt (1 comments.) says:

   8/29/2007 at 9:32 pm

   When I blog, sometime I get “blogged-down” with topics that I’m trying to cover and it feels like I’m forcing myself to write something that i’m not totally stoked about and don’t realize it. The sooner I realize that I’m not totally stoked about what i’m doing, i stop and just let go of my topic. i sometimes get more into wanting to post something and get too much into the “quantity” aspect rather than the “quality”….once I’m able to shift and realize what I’m doing, I seem to just start writing and posting freely again. But, that’s just me. Hope that helps.
3. tunequest (1 comments.) says:

   8/30/2007 at 8:07 am

   I have to agree with Matt. The single biggest thing I did to reduce my “blog stress” was to take myself off a schedule. For a while I was working under the notion that I had to post something at least every other day. I would struggle for a topic then rush through it, ending up with results I was rarely happy with.

   I’ve been much happier since I decided to write only when I’m inspired and have the time to do a thorough job of it, even if it means going for a week without posting anything new.
4. David G. Johnson (1 comments.) says:

   8/30/2007 at 11:24 pm

   Running multiple blog sites (who doesn’t these days?) means a wide variety of subjects for those ‘brain dumps.’ So, I finally started running a WordPress installation on my laptop specifically for “journaling.” In it, I have a category devoted to brain dumps for blogging topics and other writing projects I have going. This gives me tremendous flexibility and, thanks to my favorite tagging plugin, the ability to keep a long-term running set of inter-linked entries to serve as springboards for posts on my public sites.

   I started doing this about 4 months ago and it has changed my life!

   An added bonus, of course, is that I’ve stopped amassing all those crazy hard-to-index Word documents (or worse: yellow legal pads!) with scattered ideas. And my personal journals are not only getting written with more consistency, but they’re getting indexed and backed up. How great is that?
5. Gary says:

   8/31/2007 at 1:27 pm

   @Mark
   > the recent future
   Excuse me? Can someone please clarify this?

   @David G.
   > Running multiple blog sites (who doesn’t these days?)
   Me, for starters. And I know I’m not the only one.
6. Steve (3 comments.) says:

   8/31/2007 at 3:00 pm

   I have found the the Google Tools (like Google Notebook & Google Documents) help me to clear my mind and build new posts. I use Google Notebook to storing links and text for new post. Then I export to Google Documents for final formating. It helps me to keep multiple blogs and multiple posting building over time.

   Also, I can access them anywhere. I was making update when I was in Europe 2 weeks ago. Same interface and all the data is there from any Internet Cafe.

   Here are some post on this: Writing Ebooks with Free Google Applications
   Google My Blog: Publishing to WordPress with Google Docs
7. andrew love (1 comments.) says:

   9/3/2007 at 9:34 am

   I’d say the most important thing is to blog mainly about things one is ferociously passionate about… Enthusiasm and involvement cure writers block incredibly well..

   and really, that is what we are talking about

   I write about an amazingly limited sport, athletes who do what I do skate 400m in a circle (long track speedskatng), but the more I write about it, the more subtley, history, and human stories appear…

   yes, this is my passion, but if one writes without passion, why write about it??

   this is not just a problem with “blogging” it’s a problem with writers of all types.. to be a great writer, even if a novel is your project, writing demands daily investments of passion..

   blogs are no different… at least to create a really good one…
8. Paul Bauer (1 comments.) says:

   8/5/2008 at 2:41 pm

   Excellent post Mark. Even on days when the “creativity well” seems to be dry, I just tune in, breathe and write…

   Something good always comes…

   Keep up the great work!

   Paul
9. Astro Gremlin (1 comments.) says:

   8/26/2012 at 11:40 am

   I find that having a good photo helps focus a blog, reduces the stress of having to find a photo, and provides inspiration. In fact, I can’t look at photos without imagining, hmmm, what blog article would go with that picture?

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