Comments on: Consistently Blogging Consistently

By: Isaac Turner

Isaac Turner — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:09:57 +0000

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By: maress

maress — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:04:28 +0000

Consistency isn’t about variety. Change is acceptable, but not every 20 minutes. :D I think you’ve explained the point as well as I did in my story.

By: anon

anon — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:56:35 +0000

I agree, nice way to make the point. I think bloggers too often are content with stream of conciousnes blogging that doesnt convey the point.

By: Jessi

Jessi — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:47:25 +0000

What an excellent way to explain it!

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:22:35 +0000

@Dave:

Consistency isn’t about variety. Change is acceptable, but not every 20 minutes. :D I think you’ve explained the point as well as I did in my story.

It’s also about the reader’s experience, not the bloggers. The more readers get yanked around and surprised, and not in a good way, the more likely they are to dismiss you. There are a lot of blogs out there to choose from, often blogging on the same or similar subjects.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:22:59 +0000

That’s a good story. But you fail to make it clear how this analogy pertains to blogging. If one has a narrow, niche blog dedicated to conveying a certain kind of information, than I can certainly see the value of stylistic consistency. But if the purpose is to entertain, or to challenge readers on different levels, or simply to serve as the repository of a daily writing process, than variety might be a more worthwhile goal than consistency. And one could also make a case for a middle position of serial consistency: do one thing for a while until it seems played out, then switch to something else, the way a painter might regularly change her style or technique.