Should we be looking at stats and trying to figure out which posts are the most popular and do more of those. It has to do with what your goals are as a writer. Are you writing to create a popular product or to express you own unique voice and creativity? What do you think?
Easy for me: the only thing about which I’m qualified, and want, to write is English usage – hence the name of my blog. Another great quote, Deborah!
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Thanks Anna. You use your own unique style and creativity to write about your topic, English usage, as well.
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Thank you, Deborah.
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Anna, you are having an effect on me: the other day, I came across a headline in the newspaper that I thought of sending to you because the grammar was so awkward.
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Thank you, Sandi; please do!
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I think you’ve pinpointed part of my recent problems with writer’s block. I became so obsessed with writing the right kind of piece that would appeal to people that I lost sight of my reasons for writing. I try not to pay too much attention to stats other than to see if the things I really enjoy or thought were better than others are the posts that people like. I find it interesting but I don’t want to get caught up in numbers.
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I know what you mean. It is great when others like what we write and we get this immediate feedback. But the artistic part of it is our unique expression.
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I think it depends on the original reasons that one has for writing a blog. I absolutely love this quote.
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Thank you. This quote tells me we all have our unique way of seeing things and should express that.
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This is a great quote. You’re right; if we’re busy trying to please others, then we never give people a chance to truly appreciate our own points of view.
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Thank You. Exactly.
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I write for myself. It’s when I write for others that I fail to impress myself.
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I think you just created your own quote. You expressed the idea very well.
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I guess I save those words in my diary. 🙂
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Great quote for life. Thanks. And my answer is the latter.
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Mine too, I hope. 🙂
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Great questions, Deborah — and I love your photo as well as the quote. I am still writing for myself (and trying to finish up Photo 101 — still — and doing a couple of weekly events like Colleen’s). Maybe I should analyze the stats at some point, but I care more about using my blog as vehicle for expression right now. I didn’t look at other comments before writing this, so I’ll be interested to see what others have to say.
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Thanks Sandi. I feel as you do. But others may have different goals and I think that is a matter of choice as well. Another way the quote spoke to me is that what we have to say is unique and that is what is the valuable. What we contribute is our own voice.
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Yay! Cause I really don’t have time, right now, to try to figure out what other people want me to write.
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Good you’re on the right track I think. 🙂
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It’s easy to get bogged down with the stats thing, isn’t it? We’re led to believe that we should be obsessing about them, in order to be a better blogger and give our readers great content.
But, I think if we try too hard we lose track of who we really are and what we want to say. I say: don’t let the stats take over…be yourself.
A brilliant post, image and words…thank you.
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Thank You Dorne! I agree. We are bringing ourselves into the world and that is our true gift or contribution.
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