Writing in the challenge this year was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed my theme “People I’d Like You to Meet” and felt good about most of my posts, quality wise.<\/p>\n

What I Learned<\/b> = having a theme was very helpful. It provided direction, focus, and purpose. I plan to explore this with my blog. While I’m not sure I want a defined “theme”, I do think I should outline and plan my posts. It is getting harder and harder to write something of quality off the top of my head with any regularity.<\/p>\n

What I Did Right <\/b>= using the scheduled posting option was key. I generally had three or four posts done ahead so I didn’t feel panicked each day about getting my posting done. But I didn’t have the whole month done ahead of time so I felt like I was writing current and not “cheating”. I hope to use this strategy more for my regular posting. I always wanted this blog to be a bit like a newspaper column – time to act like it and have postings ready to go on set days.<\/p>\n

What I Didn’t Do<\/b> = I didn’t keep up with my end of the bargain of visiting other blogs. I just couldn’t seem to get any rhythm of doing that and I feel like I let the others down. But I hope to take place in the Post A to Z Road Trip (well, there was one last year, hope they do it this year) where one goes and visits all the blogs you didn’t get to during the challenge.<\/p>\n

Feedback to the organizers<\/b> = I have no idea how you keep up with all of these bloggers and still write. I know there are a team of you and I appreciate what you do. The list seems daunting and I’m not sure of what we really accomplish – except for me it is the discipline of writing. Kudos on pulling it off once again, I do look forward to next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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