uncanny whammy
Over the years, blogging is something I’ve sorta developed a love-irk (not love-hate; hate is too strong) relationship with. While it was something I looked forward to doing every now and then in the early years (we’re talking 2005-ish here), real life took over – though not entirely. There were bigger fish to dry than to spend hours tweaking errors on a blog post.
To me, when I started out, it was sacrilege to post just 1-2 lines of content in a post. (That’s what IM – and in recent years, microblogging at Tumblr – is for.) I guess it must’ve been the mentality I had: “if you have a visitor, don’t give some half-baked crap for them to glance at. Let them have some juicy content to pore over.”
In retrospect, it’s perhaps a bit too taxing to do on a regular basis. So I spoke to a couple of other people IRL, who agreed that maybe posting more often, but tailoring post sizes to something moderately/medium-sized may suit me better. Meaty enough so that people have enough to take in; but not sooooo jam-packed that a “below-the-cut” (i.e. “read the rest of this entry”) link is required. I find that may just click better with my thought processes; after all, another reason I’ve left this place pretty quiet is because my brain tends to work like this:
- Have random idea for post.
- Spend forever trying to think of how best to present/phrase said post.
- Take too long that said post would be awfully old news by the time it got out (I’d be blogging about an event that happened 3 months ago – exciting a few days after it happens; but kinda “bleh” aeons after.)
- Feel slightly frustrated with myself.
- Repeat cycle.
It’s a darn shame; and the reason why my mum keeps telling me to “gather my thoughts” all the time. It’s also why I tend to find writing [exam] essays tedious (thankfully, I haven’t got anything below an A – touch wood.)
So I guess it’s time for me to take a leaf outta my brother Jerry’s book – who, by the way, is a very entertaining writer in my opinion. Short (or moderate) and snappy is how he works.
Let’s see how it goes – I’ll re-evaluate in a month. 
January 29, 2010 - 7:36 pm
My posts are always long. Too long perhaps, but I like writing them. In my case it’s not that I think that my visitors should have “some juicy content to pore over”, it just happens
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I don’t know, I guess I like challenging myself into creating such content, showing myself that despite the fact I use English ONLY for the blog, I am still able to write something decent. Aren’t I? o_o
Well, anyway. Keeping it short might be a good idea, I’d rather read something shorter every now and then, than something long once a year ;D.
January 30, 2010 - 4:59 am
Mm, I’m SO guilty of writing 1-2 lines in a post, haha. However, my site serves as a photoblog/blog sooo… maybe I can get away with it? Haha.
Anyway, yeah, I feel that personal blog posts should be brief, honest, and spur-of-the-moment. If I feel like blogging, I blog, pouring out whatever’s in my head at the moment. After all, you can always go back and revise your presentation and grammar. If writing a post isn’t an option at the moment, I write down details or phrases I want to include for when I tackle the full post later.
February 3, 2010 - 2:36 am
I very much understand what you mean, haha.. although my problem is I used to have lots of friends on the net but then yep, real life took over. (which is a good thing I think)
But sometimes I still feel the urge to share my opinion. Don’t you?