My recent post titled 35 Things You Don’t See When You Buy a Book proved popular, so I thought I would see if I could come up with a similar list for blog posts.
A lot of time, effort and creative suffering can go into the production of a blog post, which sadly the blog reader doesn’t get to see.
So, here are the things you don’t see when you read a blog post.
- The blogger shrieking with joy after getting an amazing idea for a new blog post.
- The blogger quickly scribbling down a few thoughts on a page.
- The blogger starting the search for the blog post image and telling those around them that it will only take five minutes to sort.
- Life grinding to a halt whilst the blogger spends a serious amount of time searching for the perfect image…which only exists inside their head.
- Time spent deliberating over which image to use. Selecting images for blog posts is very similar to choosing an outfit so the blogger will have to make a difficult choice and they might even change their mind a couple of times.
- Time spent thinking up a catchy blog post title. This will involve a lot of pen chewing and staring into space.
- Time spent on CoSchedule’s Headline Analyser tool keying in their chosen blog post title and to their horror realising that their chosen audience will not be captivated by their preferred post title.
- More time spent coming up with more post titles, keying them at speed into the Headline Analyser, whilst wiping a layer of sweat from brow.
- Time spent on Canva editing their blog image, applying text and making some painful decisions with fonts, borders and colours.
- The large coffee or tea consumed by the blogger which fuels the writing of the blog post.
- The lengthy Facebook distraction during the creation of the blog post.
- Time spent picturing followers viewing the blog post and gripping the table as they experience what can only be described as a blog reader high!
- Time spent daydreaming about their post going viral and causing their blog stats to go into meltdown.
- Time spent visualising a celeb reading and then re-tweeting their blog post.
- Time spent by the blogger painstakingly inserting interesting and thought-provoking links into their blog post and wondering whether they will a) work when the post goes live or b) whether anyone will bother clicking on them.
- Time spent checking for typos within the blog post and several social media distractions during typo check.
- The final review of the blog post by the blogger.
- A cheeky smile from the blogger as they get carried away with adding hashtags.
- The sigh from the blogger as they marvel at their beautiful looking blog post.
- Time spent scheduling the post.
- The sharp intake of breath from the blogger as the post goes live.
- The piercing scream from the blogger as they spot a typo once the blog post has gone live.
- Frantic hands on keyboard trying to sort out typo on post.
- A tweeting and pinning social media frenzy of their blog post.
- The second piercing scream from the blogger as their first blog reader comment goes something like this “good post…do you know that your links aren’t working?”
Have a great day bloggers!
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My smile grew the whole way through this especially since all of these are true for me lol!
Hey thx Candice 🙋🏼 Happy Thurs
Happy Thursday! and thanks for mentioning Canva. I hadn’t heard of it until now!…I am currently exploring it. Are you familiar with Grammarly? It is great for editing 😉
Enjoy Canva my friend! Expect emotional email from me v soon 🙋🏼
I am looking forward to it! I hope you are able to attend my Author Page Launch party on this coming Monday. Bring a favorite quote if you can. 😉 http://www.candicecoates.wordpress.com…nothing up yet besides my bio but I have things scheduled for the next couple of days to be ready!
Oh too funny! Yup they are all true Lucy! Especially the excitement when you first think of an idea!
Hey Ritu! Thank you for reading & happy Thurs 🙋🏼
Happy Thursday Lucy!!!
Replace coffee with wine and that is 100% spot on for me. Oh and also cats trying to type and rub against your face lol. This was great. Off to look at that headline analyser thing now so cheers for that 🙂
I bet you will do well on the headline tool!
Oh you reckon? Are you trying to say something about my receeding hair?
Never noticed it 😉
A lot of things bloggers can relate to here!
Thank you for reading 🙋🏼
Love this!
Thank you Sarah 🙋🏼 Happy Thurs
I can so relate! 👏👏👏
Thank you for reading & happy Thurs 🙋🏼
You know us all so well, Lucy!
Sigh! Happy Thurs 🙋🏼
And to you, Lucy 🙂
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So very true…I have the t-shirt!
Yes, recognise myself in these Lucy. A lot… Shriek!!!
these are great and spot on!
Thank you & happy Thurs Ksbeth 🙋🏼
Ahaha brilliant! I especially love 22 & 23 – so true!
Thank you for reading 🙋🏼
Wonderful list, and oh so true! 🙂
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Lucy, at Blonde Write More, has given us a peek behind the curtain of what happens when we write a blog post! So true. 🙂
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We all try to devise great blog posts. How many of these 25 things from the Blonde Write More blog do you experience when you create a post?
This is so true =)
Thank you for reading Akaluv 🙋🏼
I can relate to all these except #11 and #13. Either way, it’s a great compilation of the reality of blogging!
Thank you! Happy Thurs 🙋🏼
You’re welcome! Same to you!
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True yet… so funny….
Thank you 🙋🏼 Happy Thurs
Welcome
I never thought about adding pictures to posts. I think it’s because I can’t think of a picture that would go well with my posts. (The Weekend Coffee Share and IWSG posts being the exceptions.) But I’m a firm believer of letting your work stand for itself. That may or may not be a good philosophy to have trying to gain an audience.
As far as the rest of your points, spot on.
Thank you for reading 🙋🏼
Did you get the blogger accidentally deleting the draft post and having to murder a pet to relieve his frustration…?
Oh my goodness no! That’s an amazing one too 😉👏🏻 Thank you oh great one!
Well, Lucy. You’ve done it again. You touched every point. I have to go to that headline thingy and see how mine fare. Not too well I would expect.
Thx John, you will love the headline thingy! 🙋🏼 Happy Thurs!
🙂
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So funny (And true), I love it. “sharp intake of breath from the blogger as the post goes live.” Loll.
Ha. No matter how careful I am, and especially when I’ve been painstaking, the minute I click Publish, I’ll see something I wish nobody does before I scurry to correct. Ugh. Mindboggling list. Yes, we must check this always. 😉
Hahaha brilliant! 😂😂
This is brilliant and so very true! 🙂
Thank you & happy Sunday!
Blog posts always take me about ten times longer to write than I mean them to, especially when they’re guest posts, as I don’t want to let the person down when they’re been kind enough to extend me an invitation. I know all about the distractions. No good signing into Facebook, Twitter, or anywhere, when there’s a post to be written, or any writing for that matter! My other diversion is when I start looking at shoes online. That’s fatal. A whole day can pass by in that pursuit, and another day while I look again and work hard to convince myself that I don’t really need any shoes D:
Love it!! I can relate to each. Thanks for the title analysis one. I didn’t know about that! 🤔
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Love it, even though not all apply to me (Facebook, scheduling), but the screaming and the frantic amending of errors and links – yes! 😀
Thank you 🙋🏼
Sadly there has been too much of #11 in my life lately! Great post as always!
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