{"id":3460,"date":"2013-03-18T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T15:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=3460"},"modified":"2013-03-18T10:07:31","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T15:07:31","slug":"the-view-from-here-how-do-you-write","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=3460","title":{"rendered":"The View From Here: How Do You Write?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>Today, Shayla and I discuss this question: How Do You Write? In Advance, On the Fly, or in Another Way?<\/strong><\/p>\n

With my schedule, and the fact that I’ve got two little boys who don’t know or care what a blog is, I always write in advance, totally out of necessity.\u00a0 Sometimes that is several days in advance, and sometimes it’s the night before a post is published, but it’s always in advance.<\/p>\n

When I wrote my old blog on Blogger, my posts were extremely random and sporadic, and I only wrote when inspiration struck.\u00a0 Back then, I would always publish immediately after something was written, whenever that might be.\u00a0 Now that I’m a bit more established and organized, I keep to my five days a week posting schedule, which absolutely requires planning ahead and scheduling.\u00a0 And since I think of blogging as a very fun job, I’m always planning, planning, planning, much like I did as a teacher.\u00a0 I never walked into a classroom unprepared, and I didn’t leave for the day until the next day’s lesson was set to go, so it makes since that my blog posts are just as planned and scheduled.<\/p>\n

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(My version of the editorial calendar. Kickin’ it old school.)<\/p><\/div>\n

That might sound too rigid for some of you, but that’s just what works best for me, and I like knowing what I’m writing about each week.\u00a0 Obviously, I give myself wiggle room to move posts and topics around, and I don’t have a strict schedule that I follow.\u00a0 I just make a rough outline of possible posts for the week, and go from there.\u00a0 As I’ve mentioned<\/a> in the past, since I’m not usually writing about time sensitive things, it doesn’t necessarily matter if I schedule posts, much like a magazine article that is written at least a month in advance.\u00a0 In fact, I’ll bet that many bloggers, especially those within the DIY and how-to niches, are scheduling posts in advance.\u00a0 There’s just no other way to find that work\/life balance, I think.<\/p>\n

I never want my blog to become a source of stress, so I’ve found a rhythm that works well for me.\u00a0 I know other bloggers have totally different routines, and I would love to hear about yours!\u00a0 And don’t forget to check out Shayla’s response<\/a> today on her lovely blog.<\/p>\n

(Just an FYI, since we’re talking about posting schedules: I always publish my posts at midnight CST, except for the Monday edition of The View From Here<\/em>, which is published at 10 am CST, to match with Shayla.)<\/p>\n

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