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One Thousand Words – Abridged
Back in January I decided I would try out a writing advice from the famous novelist Stephen King, who talks about how you should write a thousand words each day, and to not even worry about quality, and
then go back to edit it later.
Check Your Spam!
Most know that they should check their email spam-folder, but if you run a blog you also need to remember to check the spam-folder for your comments.
I just checked the folder for the first time in a month, and there were six comments from regular commenters, and apart from that there were only three actual spam comments.
I gave this post that title mostly so that I will be reminded to check each time I see it 😉
One of these comments was from the blogger petrel41, who invited me to take part in The Real Neat Blog Award.
Here are the questions, and my answers:
1. Where do most visits to your blog come from?
Reddit, and at the moment, one single post on Reddit, as I have over 6000 views on my Thanos post from there.
Reddit can be a good way to reach a big audience, but they will likely only read whatever is linked to before returning to Reddit. And you may have to withstand some snarky comments there, even when the post is generally upvoted.
Better to reach a returning audience. A few of them may return, so it could be worth it.
2. What is your favourite sport?
A Case For Diversifying Content
When I first started blogging, I read some advice that said I should find a niche, and stick with it. In fact, I have read a variation on that advice several times.
But by diversifying your writing, you get people with different interests talking to each other.
It can be interesting to hear about a subject from a person who don’t normally engage with the culture around that subject.
And I am not just my photographies, my taste in movies, my fiction-writing, my past, or my cooking.
I am all of these things, and much more.
I write about all the things I love and care about; be it games, art, my girlfriend, food or music.
My niche is me.
My First Article on ‘Medium’
I just wrote an article on Medium.
The article was a compilation of my earlier writing inspiration blog-posts, rewritten as an article.
I think it turned out quite well.
If there is interest, I may do more of these later.
Maybe rewrite parts of other blog-posts I’ve made, or write other things that don’t fit here.
This will still be my main place for posting, the place I will post my best original work.
Writing Inspiration #5 – Other Writers
Writing Inspiration #4 was about taking inspiration from video essays, often about analyses of certain works or writers.
That sort of skipped over the more obvious advice, to simply take inspiration directly from those same works and writers.
I won’t go in too much detail as this can’t be news to too many people, but I felt it deserved an entry.
Certain writers have helped many by spreading words of wisdom, by what will help the most with inspiration is simply to consume a lot of the type of media you wish to create.
Be it sci-fi or articles, reading a lot of the subject is sure to get your imagination going!
This is the last one of these in a while. I’ll be sure to post some “footnote blog posts” in time, with more specific examples to each categories.
Here’s #1, just to loop it all.
Writing Inspiration #4 – Video Essays
When I am stuck while writing, I watch video essays.
Not to blindly follow the storytelling-advice they provide, but to shake something out from my brain that was already there, just a bit out of reach.
And not only
video essays on writing. Also on moviemaking, game creation, making speeches,
Writing Inspiration #3 – Nature
In my last post I told you about how the Hamilton-song “Non Stop” shames me into writing. This time I want to write about the beauty and horror you can find in nature, when taking a hike.
Walking in nature is great for your creativity!
Even the glacier-hike I mentioned here before set my mind ablaze with ideas about the troll-kingdoms “probably” living under those mountains.
The nature part is the most important.
Nature can seem random
Writing Inspiration #2 – Music
Like with visual art, there are many ways which music can inspire you when you write.
It can set you in the correct mood or mindset. Or maybe the lyrics of a song can set your mind on an idea.
But for me the song below brings a particularly inspiring feeling to my heart. Shame!
If I need to shame myself into putting down a video-game to actually get some writing done, I listen to the song ‘Non Stop’ from ‘Hamilton: The Musical’.
If Hamilton did all that,
there is no excuse for me
Writing Inspiration #1 – Art
This week (and some of next) I want to make a short blog-series about the various things that inspire me when I write.
Since I’ve already gone into great detail about how the art of Theodor Kittelsen have inspired me, I figured this was a good place to start.
Visual stimuli are great to get the creative juices flowing!