Most of us aspire to achieve great success and accomplish significant works. When it comes to writing, we all dream of penning a book or at least crafting a research article of 3,000 words. However, the reality is that writing a book in a single day, or even in a month, is no easy feat.
Most people find it challenging to write a 100-page book within a year. Simply put, it's not easy at all. Therefore, it's a significant challenge, and we must learn to break it down into smaller steps.
Today, I'm going to practice this. I'm trying to break a long article into shorter or smaller steps and then combine them to write a blog post of at least 1,000 words. So, you see, I'm dividing the entire article into small pieces.
My target is to write 200 words in one go, then take a short break. After that, I'll plan the next 200 words and continue. So, what I'm doing is writing the first 100 words, taking a very brief break, then writing another 100 words before taking a longer break of a few minutes. Then, I plan for the next 200 words and repeat the process. I've been a blogger since 2006, and back then, 200 words were often sufficient.
Most people believed that a blog post could simply summarize a news article or a lengthy piece from another website or blog and still rank well on Google. The key was to post multiple times a day and learn the basics of how to use and optimize for the Google search engine, or search engine optimization. That was the prevailing idea, and I achieved considerable success by becoming skilled in this approach.
I always wanted to write original content in my own language and, furthermore, I used to try to offer my opinion on almost everything I wrote about. Around 2011, the landscape changed, and Google began prioritizing websites that published longer content. While it wasn't a radical shift to 1,000-word articles immediately, it started with posts of 300, 400, or even 500 words.
At that time, I became ill and stopped blogging. Slowly, after a few years, I transitioned to Facebook and grew accustomed to writing there. As you know, most Facebook posts aren't very long, and I used to write around 200 to 300 words, which was considered quite substantial by Facebook standards.
Then, I became adept at writing posts within 100 words, and they often received good engagement. Now that I've returned to blogging, I've noticed that adjusting to the idea of writing a 1,000-word article each time isn't easy. It's quite challenging for me because for many years, at least the last ten, I was accustomed to Facebook, where most posts were within or just around 100 words.
So, it's a significant challenge for me to come back to blogging and write posts of 1,000 words. What I'm doing now is trying to create a plan by dividing the post into 200-word sections. After finishing all the sections, I'll do some editing and make some changes before putting them all together. This way, I can create a 1,000-word blog post.
Yes, there's a challenge because sometimes the sections might feel disconnected. As I've already stated, I'm trying to focus solely on the 200-word length that I was comfortable with in the past.
To be honest, implementing this idea isn't very straightforward, and there are some downsides. The first drawback is that I feel disconnected, or the writing doesn't always flow logically. This can make me feel a bit discouraged and lose motivation.
Deep down, I know I'm writing for the sake of practice, but it doesn't always feel coherent. That's the main issue, and there's also an obvious lack of quality in my writing. I can't indefinitely pretend that what I'm doing is perfectly fine. It's not great, not even good.
On the other hand, there's a very positive aspect: I'm practicing. Even if the quality isn't up to par, I am still practicing writing and uploading to the blog. If I can continue uploading regularly, sooner or later, my quality will improve significantly, and I'll overcome this problem. Another point is that if I can write 30,000 words this way, or 30 long articles, the quality will improve, and my writing habits will evolve.
I won't need to write just 200 words at a time; I'll gradually move to 400 or 500 words in one stretch. When I reach that level, writing a 1,000-word article won't be a significant challenge anymore. Now, after writing around 800 words, or four steps, I feel that it's working.
It's not that bad, and it's moving towards better improvement and better results. That's why I just need to believe in myself and keep trying. If I persist, it will start yielding good results.
I must not neglect the practice aspect of blogging. I'm no longer a professional blogger, but I'm striving to become one. If I want to achieve that, I need to practice a lot first.
I must remember this and not overlook the importance of practice. Now, I've reached the end of this article, and I feel that it has almost reached 1,000 words. I'm very happy about this, and it's a crucial part of my practice.
If I can practice this way, I will start seeing success. I must wholeheartedly try to motivate myself and keep going. There will be many mistakes and ups and downs, but after some time, I'm hopeful that I will become a professional blogger.
So, I'd like to thank you for reading. I know that hardly anyone might read it now, but after a year, thousands of people may find it as it represents a significant part of my practice.
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