Last week, I talked about developing an editorial calendar for your blog in the post, How to Choose a Blog Niche. Today, I would like to delve further into that topic. Developing an editorial calendar is great for Bloggers and Writers. Why? Because it gives you direction and focus. Also, it forces you to plan your time wisely.
As I stated in the How to Choose a Blog Niche post, to develop an editorial calendar for my blog, The Loudest Pen Ever, I simply wrote down each day of the week and wrote what post will correspond with what day. For writers, I recommend structuring your editorial calendar based on what you're writing. Meaning, if you are writing a novel, then plan to have chapters 1-5 done in the first six months or if you've written a poem, then plan to edit that poem on a day that you'll have free time.
The key to developing an editorial calendar is to be realistic about your time constraints and ability to complete tasks on the days they were scheduled to be completed. For example, Wednesday is Buzz-Kill of the Week on my other blog, the LPE because, this post is short and easy to write, and since I always work a double on Wednesdays, it would be almost impossible to try and write longer posts.
You can develop an editorial calendar through many different mediums, such as, Google Calendar, MS Word or Excel, on your BlackBerry or cell phone, or you can use old fashioned pen and paper. All you need is a calendar and the ability to plan your time. An editorial calendar is simply the planning of your writing time. You need to know when you are going to write/blog, edit, and then submit/publish your work. Being organized will make the process of writing a lot easier and less painful.
Remember when the page comes to life...so do you.
As I stated in the How to Choose a Blog Niche post, to develop an editorial calendar for my blog, The Loudest Pen Ever, I simply wrote down each day of the week and wrote what post will correspond with what day. For writers, I recommend structuring your editorial calendar based on what you're writing. Meaning, if you are writing a novel, then plan to have chapters 1-5 done in the first six months or if you've written a poem, then plan to edit that poem on a day that you'll have free time.
The key to developing an editorial calendar is to be realistic about your time constraints and ability to complete tasks on the days they were scheduled to be completed. For example, Wednesday is Buzz-Kill of the Week on my other blog, the LPE because, this post is short and easy to write, and since I always work a double on Wednesdays, it would be almost impossible to try and write longer posts.
You can develop an editorial calendar through many different mediums, such as, Google Calendar, MS Word or Excel, on your BlackBerry or cell phone, or you can use old fashioned pen and paper. All you need is a calendar and the ability to plan your time. An editorial calendar is simply the planning of your writing time. You need to know when you are going to write/blog, edit, and then submit/publish your work. Being organized will make the process of writing a lot easier and less painful.
Remember when the page comes to life...so do you.
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