How long does it take you to write and publish a page?
A page took me 4 hours!
I've been adding a tutorial to my website pages. It takes forever to set up. Spend all afternoon trying to make it work, easy and simple to follow.
Since I don't own a webcam or a camera, my tutorials are in print. I write them and add printscreen.
Now I have to do 2 reviews that approved by the creators. And a new post coming.
And I have to work on my own Lego creations. I'm more booked than when I work a 9 to 5. Well worth it though, my business.
After one page, it is like my energy is gone. I focus so much on just that PAGE that I forget everything else. I got to change my way of focusing, for sure.
How about you? What's your work ethic? How long does it take you to write and to publish a post or a page
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A Long one about 1 hour a short one about 15 minutes, ANNIE, you should be able to write naturally write as if your talking to someone then go back and edit the grammar and and all the keystroke errors.Check out this training
Ray Bowley ( Merryman88 )
Oh gosh, it depends. There are times when I just write without any written draft -that's only if I know in my head what to write. More often than not, I do make research on topics and try my best to make it my own with my own experience - that's when I do write a draft - from 1 hour to a couple of days.
I have to figure out how to write when I'm in bed. It's during the tossing and turning with the brain churning that I compose all these posts. Great ideas that are lost with the break of day. I'm going to have to start keeping a notepad on my nightstand so I can jot down these nighttime musings.
That being said, I haven't started to publish, though certainly have enough ideas to be writing in word documents. Agree that this is probably not a speedy process. Especially if your like me, afraid to make a mistake and publish something people won't like.
I saw something posted, I think by Kyle. Write the blog post, walk away and do something else. Go back and read it through and tweak. Let it sit overnight. Then do the final draft. I do, though, agree with dkirbyg, the research can really eat up your time.
It's a learning process. Writing will get better with time.
Good luck.
Ginger
I've found that I would spend too much time trying to perfect my posts. I eventually just decided that once I get everything into the post, words, and formatting and sometimes images then I publish it...just to force myself to publish...but I won't broadcast it on social media or anything.
Then I'll come back the next day and do a thorough proofread and add more images if needed. Once I have completed that then I'll share it and do whatever else with it.
It usually takes me 4-6 hours of actual working time (not including procrastination) to create a post or a review.
1-2 hours of research and outline creation
1-2 hours of actual writing
1-4 hours of formatting and creating the images, etc.
Making the post look pretty is by far the most time consuming aspect for me.
I've found that it really works for me to set a weekly schedule. Lately, I create and a post on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Then the following day I will proofread that post again and work on other smaller tasks.
I have to write another ABOUT ME page for my boot camp lessons and it is harder this one. A lot of procrastinating or maybe a lot thinking and ... Blanks. It is easier when I work on my Lego website. It flows easy since I love to write. I guess we all do a lot of working hours on our page.
So far I've only completed my "About Me" page. That didn't take me very long but, I'm sure that's the easiest and quickest page to create. I imagine I'd take just as long as you to make my other pages!
It usually takes me a while as well. Trying to decide what I am in the mood to write about. How I am going to write it. What keywords, researching keywords and so on. It gets easier the farther you get
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It is not the writing that is long, but all the rest, posting or paging, adding pictures, playing with the site, write takes me less time than the rest. I guess when you are new at this, it does take time. I'll get better. Practice makes perfect! Kyle knows that I guess, cause he makes us write a lot of it in his training.