I also like your tip on focus and ramblings. Worse than focus are ramblings. When you get into most blogs they have stuff like , ‘ How her ex made a cake and how much she loved it.” Most stuff seem to be about personal feelings and mundane content.

I am curious to know. Why are you giving away all this knowledge out for free? Yeah I know you’re confident and don’t want to be selfish. It’s a great service you’re doing. Thanks.

That’s a good point. As a former English major, I would totally check out a blog that discussed Shakespeare and other playwright greats.

P.S. – Thanks, Kristen, for your generous offer. I’ll give you a heads-up if I take you up on it! 🙂

I like your analogy to a first date. Blogging can feel like being on a perpetual first date!

thanks for sharing these articles.

If you ever get in too tight of a pinch, just repost one of mine. Just cite that I wrote it, and give a hyperlink to my blog. I dig the exposure :D.

I don’t understand why you don’t pan outward a little bit. Your own career as a playwright is, by nature of the subject, limited in readership, but people all over the world love plays. Discuss plays, review current ones, discuss plays that are timeless and why? What makes writing plays different from writing a novel? Similar? What goes into producing a play? What is the history of the stage play? The evolution from Greek tragedy to passion play to Shakespeare to the modern productions we now enjoy? I think that is much more reader-centered and would attract much more traffic. It also has a LOT better chance of getting a nod from major magazines and publications. Good luck!

Oh, I feel your pain – that chill in the pit of your stomach (for me it’s Sunday night – I blog on Mondays). What the heck am I gonna say that isn’t a load of %$#@?

But I think your unique combination of experiences are a plus. Why not be a playwright-from-an-emigre-family blogger? Perhaps alternate theme days: you wear the “playwright blogger” hat at certain times, and the “emigration blogger” hat at others. If there’s consistency and predictability, it should work. Then, later, if you want to split them, you’ll have an idea of how popular one is vs. another.

Best of luck!
Kathy

I’m dropping by for inspiration, since I determined (following your advice!) to be a regular blogger, and I’ve reached the Night Before Blogging with no idea about tomorrow’s post! I’ve confessed that my blog has diverged, following the twin subjects of my family’s emigration and my own career as a playwright, but I haven’t taken the plunge and split the blog yet. For one thing, I’m not sure how that’ll work, and I’m worried that one of the two blogs will be the poorer half. The funny thing is, there’s a symposium by a writer’s group about social network usage, but it’s not for another fortnight. Two more blogs to write before I get more expert advice….or I guess I could flick back through YOUR blog and pick up some more tips.

I see your point and I didn’t think about it that way. A new twist for my mind to ponder upon! 🙂 I still am not sure what (of value) I have to offer my readers. Only a small pool of folks would be interested. I need to figure out how to tie my passions into something with a little bit bigger of an audience.