Thanks for coming by again. Yes, comments are a great source for blog posts. The incredible visitors/writers in the BWAB community inspire me, and each other. I love how that works.

I like how you put that ” the trick is to convert the idea into a story worth publishing”. That’s right on!

Hi Annie,

In response to your question, here’s what Lorelle said in Part 2 (in the comment section)

There are no rules for editing a blog post, but my rule of thumb is to fix whatever needs fixing without saying anything, unless it is a bit of updated news or a change in policies. Do you readers check back in to see if you’ve changed the post content? Rarely. They usually just check comments – or are arriving for the first time to the post and whatever they get better be as right as it can be.

That may answer part of your question, but you can also tie a new post (on the same topic) to your old post. Just be careful not to be redundant.

With regard to leaving other thoughts of yours in the comments, I’ve done that as the commenters inspire me to expand on what I wrote. I make sure I tie “those thoughts” in to someones’ comment so it doesn’t sound like I’m just babbling.

Another great post with lots of points to consider. I can relate to what several others have mentioned with sporadic inspiration – you write when you’re inspired or have something to say but the rest of the time, things seem rather stagnant and you can go days without posting anything.

I like the idea of future posting and I do that sometimes. But here’s my bigger dilemma – and I wonder if anyone else experiences this -

I write a post, think I’m done and publish it. Later (an hour or two or a day or two) I realize I have more to say on the subject or that I didn’t really say what I intended. Perhaps it didn’t convey what I truly meant. The problem, then, is do I rewrite the original post? Do I create a new post with additional thoughts? Do I add my new thoughts in a comment?

Often, I’ve gone ahead and written additional posts but then I think, “Gee, what if someone comes to my blog and thinks this is all I write about?” Too much of the same thing can go the other way on you.

I’d love to hear your opinion on this.

~ Annie

Inspiration can come from anywhere – but the trick is to convert the idea into a story worth publishing. Therein lies the difference between the talkers and the writers. I see we have a lot of writers here. Lucky you!

Welcome to the BWAB community!

Lorelle’s good, isn’t she?

Although you are new to blogging, your words are written in a manner that I want to read them all. I loved your funny story about the futon covers. I could “see” you and your reactions, every step of the way.