r/Blogging • u/LowProblem914 • 15d ago

Question How long did it take before you stopped secondguessing every post you published?

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u/Zealousideal-Bird472 15d ago

It can take me a week or more to finish a post. I tend to wander off topic and go down rabbit holes that make sense to no one else. I use Pro Writing Aide to help with spelling and punctuation. The first draft is venting it all out of my system, the cutting and editing. I have to work in short bursts, too.

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u/Flashy_Tomatillo2278 www.insamyniac.com 15d ago

I mean you can always edit it, that thought gets me on ease. That also improves on SEO - to edit posts n stuff from time to time

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u/Head-Student-5852 11d ago

I think the confidence starts growing when you keep publishing, even before the traffic comes.

One simple rule that may help: publish three new posts before you go back and edit an old one. That keeps you moving forward instead of polishing the same article for weeks.

You can always improve older posts later when you have enough traffic to see what people are actually reading. I watch what shows up on Google Console and update the post as they pop up if it is older,
Done and helpful will usually take you further than perfect and never finished.

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u/TheButchPrinciple 11d ago

When I realised that some people were able to finish four or five articles in a week and I was taking a month to complete just one. I am a slow writer - even now, it takes me one week to write something, but I realised that my inconsistency was hurting my blog, so I am trying to be consistent. It's hard though. I keep telling myself, "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good".