When I first started blogging, I asked several nurse bloggers their secrets to success. How do you write great posts Every. Single. Day? I attended the 36th Annual ONS Congress in April and asked nurse authors and publishers a similar question.
The one thing they all told me? Just keep writing. Like anything else, writing is perfected in practice.
I happen to already love writing. It is a reflective and creative outlet for me, but once you blog daily (sometimes more when writing for other blogs or future posts) as well as spend the majority of your day writing reports or grants or a bazillion well-crafted emails, writing may not be fun anymore.
I had to work through that. Honestly, it’s a process. Some days I cannot wait to write, and other days I nearly forget to write. Nearly. I am working on and through the same techniques for scholarly publishing. One writer’s blog – Cec Murphey’s Writer to Writer – has helped me tremendously.
I’ll keep writing. You do the same.
Rachael Taylor
August 10, 2011 4:40 pmI hope you will! Your posts are inspiring and motivating. You can do it!
nursetopia
August 10, 2011 5:16 pmThank you!
Lisa
August 11, 2011 8:33 amJoni – you are such a great writer that I (and I’m sure many others!) come back here every day to see what words of wisdom you are sharing!
Thank you!!!
nursetopia
August 11, 2011 8:34 amThat’s so kind, Lisa. Thank you for reading, sharing, and discussing!