Comments on: Timing Is Everything for Your Blogging Style

By: Brad Shorr

Brad Shorr — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:42:40 +0000

Hi antiques, Well, thank you very much. That’s nice to hear on a busy Monday.

By: antiques

antiques — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:41:11 +0000

very nice post. this was certainly one of the more interesting posts that i have seen today. thanks for putting it up.

By: Brad Shorr

Brad Shorr — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:11:51 +0000

Meryl, Very good advice. Sometimes we have to avoid the temptation of completing our thoughts all at one time, or sometimes at all.

By: Meryl K. Evans

Meryl K. Evans — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:55:00 +0000

I tend to avoid long blog entries because I know readers have many blogs to read. Sometimes when we face a long blog entries, we might move on instead of read it as we want to read many blogs in a short time.

If I have one that longer — I’ll break it up into two posts, if possible.

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By: Jean Browman--Cheerful Monk

Jean Browman--Cheerful Monk — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:41:11 +0000

Brad,
I do think the brain is more plastic than we imagined, and I think that’s neat. Thanks for the reference, I’ll have to check it out.

I’m working on next Monday’s blog…it’s my answer to your question Do You Approach Every Blog Post like the First Day of School? Thanks for the suggestion.

By: Brad Shorr

Brad Shorr — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:56:50 +0000

Jean, Thank you. I just subscribed to yours and really look forward to it. My daughter, who majored in psychology and is fascinated by the workings of the brain, gave me a book I can’t put down, “The Brain that Changes Itself”, by Doidge. It’s opening up a whole new world for me, so your blog hit me at the perfect time. I assume you’re familiar with brain plasticity – what do you think?

By: Jean Browman--Cheerful Monk

Jean Browman--Cheerful Monk — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:48:45 +0000

Ulla,
I think your posts are great. I’m a visual person and like posts with a high picture/word ratio. I try to keep my posts short whenever possible. Finding appropriate pictures is one of the first things I do when I start a post.

I just went to http://www.websitegrader.com and received a bad grade because I use too many pictures…search engines don’t like that and pictures are too slow to appear for some people. That bothers me, but the pictures are too important to me to give them up. I’m trying to find some kindred spirits and to engage in some good conversations. So I spend as much time commenting on other people’s posts as I do writing my own. I think the important thing is to be clear about what we want out of blogging and not worry too much about statistics.

That said, you make a good point, Brad. I’ve just discovered your site and am subscribing to it.

By: Brad Shorr

Brad Shorr — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:27:15 +0000

Hi Cath, Yeah … somewhere along the line someone told me to break up those longish posts into a series. Readers who aren’t as familiar with the subject matter can take it in manageable doses, and readers who are up to speed with you probably don’t mind doing less reading.