How much is to much

[orion_joel]

As i am sure some of you may have noticed i can put a lot more into a post here then sometimes is really necessary. While i hope that sometimes it does create extra value and is useful, there are probably times it isnt as well.

I having this same thoughts in regards to my blogs, in the last 12 days, i have written about 30 posts, for my 3 blogs, about 50% published and 50% waiting as drafts, with a total of more then 13,000 words.

Does this sound like overkill or is it just good sense that i am confusing with over doing it, in getting a good supply of posts ready?

[KristineS]

I always like to have a bunch of posts in reserve. I haven't been doing as well as I want to do with that, but it's one of my goals. I don't think there's anything wrong with writing posts when you have time. The only time I would see that sort of thing as a problem was if you were neglecting other work or other important things to do the writing. Otherwise, I'd say it's just good sense. You never know when your schedule might get busier, so having some posts in reserve is smart.

[seolman]

I really don't have time to read much (and I think most people are the same) so even if someone posts more than one blog a day I'm not likely to read it. If the blogger has a great reputation - that is: the stuff he/she put's out is like gold, I'll read it. But to be honest, most of the best bloggers put stuff out, at most, daily - in some cases weekly. It all depends on what your blogging and whether it's mashups or some technical blurbs.

For me it's really more about quality than quantity. I'm more guilty of waiting too long between posts

But I should mention OJ - I like your posts, amount of words doesn't matter - it's substance

[greenoak]

if i was enjoying visiting a blog it might not be too much..i dont mind reading.....but thats a lot of words to wade though.....guess i would wonder if the time it takes to write all that, couldnt be spent better...but if its making you money thats great...

i blog 2 or 3 times a day sometimes....usually depending on what pictures i got..but i dont labor over the posts at all....im not trying to be picked up anywhere.... but im glad when a customer says they saw something on the blog.....
ann

[vangogh]

I think quality is much more important than quantity too. It's good that you've written as much as you have and now have some posts stockpiled for the future. Now to take those posts and really look at them to see how you can make them better.

[orion_joel]

Some good points, thank-you for your input.

The basic method i use for posting is to look to publish a new post every 2 or 3 days. Probably half of my current stockpile is awaiting some other articles that i want to release in a series, so it means i have to still do some more writing before releasing those. The probably good thing about this is, that the writing i do is all done within maybe 1 to 2 hours a day, and on occasion in a single session i can write 4 posts.

One of the posts i wrote last night that was what caused me to stop and think, was 735words, and it took me from first word on the screen to last word less then 15 minutes to write. Just had some spelling to correct and it is ready to publish, now this is not how all my writing goes but once i get a topic and the main direction i want in my head i can write that fast.

the only disappointing part at this point is that currently i am not actually making any real money from this. Maybe on average some cents every month from adsense if i am lucky.

[vangogh]

Just had some spelling to correct and it is ready to publish

Nope. I guarantee there's more you can do.

Omit Needless Words

I guarantee you can improve your posts by going over them again and removing words that don't need to be there. I bet your 735 word post could be reduced to less than 500 words and end up as a better post that gets read more.

As far as the money is concerned it will probably take some time. First work on attracting a loyal audience and building it into a community. Once you have traffic and a loyal community you should have better success bringing in revenue.

[orion_joel]

I would have to take a look, however i have found that the more time i spend on an article the more i include padding words. I might take a look at it and see what i may be able to modify.

[vangogh]

Cutting out words is not an easy thing. It's not my specialty either. Still most every piece or writing can usually be cut down. Common advice would say you can probably cut your posts in half and still have all the important information in there and ultimately end up with a better post because of the brevity.

[seolman]

I envy people who can write easily. I see several persons in this forum who seem to just pour out the words naturally in their blogs. For me I'm looking around for a bottle of wordlax. Writing has never come easy and getting my thoughts organized and down on paper is nightmarish. My grammar stinks, spelling is worse...*phew*

That about covers how I feel about writing...

Steve you posted up a great link a while back - top ten writer resources or something like that. It was a GREAT help. At least two of those sites have made a dramatic difference in the way I approach writing. Big thanks.