one thing i have found a lot, is from some bloggers, that have a nice reputation and lots of traffic, that constantly “recycle” articles.
What i mean by recycling is that he blogger takes an article from another blogger and will write about it using different words, but in the end you will think: wait a minute, i already read something like this somewhere….”

The problem then, is that sometimes I get way off topic, so when I am writing, I often have to go back and re-think a few things. This probably makes my posts take a bit longer, but it also helps me re-look at my writings and perhaps catch some errors. On good days, it often leads to a second post.

As to breaking up posts with images, it isn’t always needed. However, often times it helps with social media. It can also be a type of ‘eye-stopper’ I mentioned in previous articles, the same way bolds, italics, and headers work.

For me, writing is not so hard. What is hard is interpreting what I I think when I write, as I have somewhat of a ‘i write litterally what is flowing through my head, thoughts, ideas, feelings’. So rather than just keeping on topic, I end up with a mish mash of styles. Often works to be frank, but sometimes I just write too much… and that’s a bigger problem for me.

I do waffle, makes up for being verbally quite quiet. What I lack in conversation from the mouth, I make up for in writing. I have so much to say, that keeping it sweet is quite hard. So this is somthing I always have to be aware of.

Even leaving comments. Frankly, I could just go on and on with no real end in site. Yet when I finish, I do wonder where it all came from.

Also odly, being so creative myself, I also find it time consuming to add images to break up my marathon paragraphs. Which I know is important. But when I have spend ages on a post, then trying to source ‘decent’ quality and meaningful images can be somewhat daunting. I do use FLickr for this more and more. But I often rush to get the post out before adding images, which is ‘bad’.

Mr G

I agree with all of your points. I, however, sometimes forget to read over my blog posts and find spelling mistakes. tsk tsk. It is a bad habit, indeed.