What to Do Now the Challenge is Complete?
Have you ever had that empty feeling after completing a major task? I get that way. In fact, I also get that way if I've been watching a marathon session of TV shows and I come to the end. Or after getting really absorbed in a book, and pushing hard to get to the end. Then what? I feel like I'm a bit without purpose afterwards, because the goal was reached and I haven't set a new one yet.
This is how I feel with Persona Paper right now.
Just a little over a month ago I undertook to complete Dawnwriter 's A-W Category Challenge . Having decided to tackle all thirty-six Persona Paper categories in the space of a month , I basically used every post I wrote throughout November in order to fulfil the requirements. And I also placed most of my writing emphasis on Persona Paper, letting my activity on Bubblews and other sites lag a bit in order to have more time to focus here.
So now I'm having to step things up a bit on Bubblews and Daily Two Cents in order to bring earnings up. And I'm wanting to start writing on WritEdge too. And I want to find time every day for Tsu, because I'm starting to see a bit of a return there and it's also a great place to promote my writing projects.
But I've enjoyed a lot of benefits while I was posting intensively here at Persona Paper. So I'm hoping I can still keep it up with at least two posts a day here, and continuing to promote the site on Tsu.
One of the strategies I think I will use to find time for my multiple sites is to write a series of connected posts on the same topic . Each writing site has a slightly different audience, and also different submission guidelines. So that allows me to take advantage of the embedded video feature at Bubblews and Daily Two Cents. Or to write a more in-depth accounting here at Persona Paper or at WritEdge. But all the idea generating and research is a single task.
So, my next task will have to be generating a list of topics to write on. And now I've answered my own question, and given myself a sense of direction as I move forward!
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Comments
Donna_Thacker wrote on December 1, 2014, 12:34 PM
That's a great idea for multi-tasking and getting to all of the sites! I need to figure out a way to make my rounds on them too. I seem to get stuck on one or the other.
OldRoadsOnceTraveled wrote on December 1, 2014, 2:37 PM
I sometimes will do related pieces for different sites. I find that the best way for me to do that is in one sitting, with my document for each site open side-by-side on my screen. That way I can make sure I don't repeat myself or use too much similar content from site to site. I prefer to write them all before I begin submitting. That way, I can re-read them all at once, and edit if I need to, switching this section to that article where it might work better, rewording things, adding or subtracting points, etc. I might or might not submit them all at once, especially if the audiences overlap. If I do, I'll probably stagger the promotion so that no one sees links to 2 or 3 similar articles right together on my social media sites. If I don't publish them all the same day, at least I've got a completed article in the can when I need one, and I'm sure that it's different enough from the other without having to go back and look up what I said before or search back through my notes, or research all over again if I didn't keep separate notes.
Feisty56 wrote on December 1, 2014, 2:56 PM
These days I have to get my excitement for writing vicariously, and I'm hoping your verve might be contagious. : ) Your plans sound logical and should help you to make the most of your time. I wish you the best of success.
Kasman wrote on December 1, 2014, 4:07 PM
I wish i was as organised as you - but at least you have given me the idea for a post! :)
bestwriter wrote on December 1, 2014, 7:41 PM
I am quite comfortable here and have no problem generating ideas. The only problem I am facing at the moment is not being able to write for sites that require me to collect and compile information running into several words. I used to do that with ease but after being at Bubblews and here where it is cake walk for writers my mind has stopped working.
crowntower wrote on December 2, 2014, 6:07 AM
For me the time is very important well I think all of us thinks that way. After a goal of reading and watching I feel so upset if what I read and watched can't be turned into a profit! So I see to it that I'll post something about it like in hub pages or bubblews so the time I invested in it will turn in to something good.