Though there are a lot of people who do plan posts, there are also many who do not. In fact, a lot of times, creating a post might be something done on a whim. However, it might be better to think ahead.
Every day you read a lot of articles and view a lot of pictures. In return, you might even be motivated to blog about it. The problem is that you might end up having a lot of ideas. You could write it down on paper, but why do that, especially if you use a content management system like WordPress.
In WordPress and most CMS, you can save your articles in ‘draft’ and publish at will.
How?
When you are inspired to write something but might not have the time until later, write a temporary title and a few notes in the post. Save it on draft mode. A lot of times you might need to find a little more information, so when you are ready to write the post out, it is there for you any time you want.
In fact, you can have many posts in draft mode. You can use it like a “to do” or “to blog” list. This eliminates you having to write down a list of topics on paper. It also gives you a guideline to try to stick to instead of coming up with something impromptu.
If you decide that an article is not worth writing, you can just delete it.
It really is a convenience to plan your posts on any website. It will save time and you can always add to your blog list, making it easier for you to know what to write next – eliminating the dreaded ‘writer’s block.’ Yes, it can help prevent writer’s block or to some – blogger’s block! For social media marketers, it can be a tool to get content rolling out faster to stay on top of your niche.
Do you plan your posts? Have you tried it and it did not work for you?
Most of the time I simply write what appeals to me or what seems most compelling. But this past week I actually created an editorial calendar for my life hack blog. I was surprised by how helpful the exercise was — even though I really don't plan to follow it.
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I usually open a few posts, insert a little information I want to write (stuff I am interested in writing about) for the article for later, and give it at least a temporary title. I save it as a draft and come back to it later. If I have time, I might tackle more than one and then just publish the first while scheduling the other posts to publish.
It helps a lot when the writing juices are low and I might not have a good topic I want to publish. The planned ones are ones that I can fall back on.
I try and plan out posts ahead of time, but usually this only works for reviews. I'd love it if more people sent me trailers and stuff so I could do it for previews as well
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If you are not a part of any fan-based communities for movies and such, you might want to try those communities and tell them what you would like to do with your site. You might be surprised if you might find a few people wanting to submit.
You could also try the normal blogging communities and see if there is any interest that comes up.
It does not hurt to try. 🙂
I will often get many ideas during the day and do a little mental planning…Then when I sit down to actually write a post my head goes blank…But a little tweet or google searching will usually get the idea's flowing.
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Definitely Nile, WordPress as well as others CMS systems are offered the best facility to plan to post the content. And yes, creating post, save it in draft and publish it whenever you have time. This is really good idea. Thanks Nile for sharing this.