Hey everyone! I hope you’re doing great. Today I’ll be talking about how I create bookish content. I’m actually participating in Dani @ Literary Lion and Rukky @ Eternity Books‘ monthly discussions! Feel free to check out their other discussions if you’re interested. Anyways, let’s get into it!
How I Come up With Post Ideas
Step 1: Go to sleep
Step 2: Contemplate life
Step 3: Jump out of bed to write down a post idea
Step 4: Realize your idea doesn’t make sense the next morning
How I Plan My Posts
I actually keep a schedule on google calendar, and sometimes on notion. I typically prioritize blog tours, and monthly wrap-ups. Next, I plan my reviews. Reviews are the easiest posts to make, but the hardest to write. Well, at least for me. π I aim to post one review a week. Third comes tags. These posts are quite time consuming, so I don’t write them all that often. Lastly, I plan other miscellaneous posts like this one.
What the Editing and Graphic Design Process Looks Like
I always look over my post. So if you find a typo after my vigorous re-editing of the same sentence, please forgive me. π
In terms of graphic design, I use picrew and canva. They’re easily accessible sites that are perfect for beginner bloggers like myself! However, I hope to upgrade my graphics within the next year. We’ll see though. π
My Posting Schedule
I try to post every Monday, Wednesday, or Thursday. However, I don’t have a specific posting schedule. For the most part, I post whenever I feel like it.
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So, how do you create your bookish content? Let me know in the comments down below!
I love how this has an air of cheekiness and ease to it, you make it sound so easy! It’s always best to not take blogging so rigorously and serious. Loved this post!
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Thank you so much!! And yes, I completely agree. It should be something fun, not a chore. π
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Reviews are easiest to write for me. Specifically when I sit to write as soon as I finish the book. I keep longer time between finishing book and writing review, I would struggle more. As for the idea for discussion post, i don’t swell on it much. I just write it down as soon as I get idea and start thinking about the points. I wouldn’t give it second thought or I can never publish that post. great post!
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Oo yes, when everything is fresh in my head, it’s easier to write the review. Thank you for sharing!! π
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I love the way you have written this post!! My post ideas also spontaneously appear and I forget them within seconds if I don’t write them downπ as for book reviews…that’s a mixed bag. I find it very easy to write books I had strong feelings for, whether I loved it or whether I hated it – but I find it a lot hard to write a review for a book that I liked but diet feel a lot about it…if I make sense. Great post β¨
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Thank you Jan!! Yes, I totally agree. Lol that’s why I always write them down hahaha. Oo that’s an interesting point. Yeah totally! A five star or 2 star read will most likely be easier to write a review for. Thank you for sharing Jan! β€
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I definitely agree about reviews being the hardest to write! It doesn’t make sense though because I always write reviews, but they take SO LONG. Great post, Saniya!
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Totally agree! Sometimes it’s easy, but also difficult because you’re writing more. Thank you for sharing β€
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Omg haha your post ideas section was so relatable. I use Canva as well and it’s so convenient! Great post! β€
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hahaha I’m glad you liked it! Canva is super convenient, definitely agree!
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Reviews are the hardest for me because I feel like I’m not very good with words. Recommending books is much easier and fun imo. I also don’t have a fixed schedule yet; I post whenever I have the time and good internet connection. Great post btw!
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Yes I also love recommending books! Of course, good internet connection is key π Thank you for sharing!
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reviews are SO hard to write! i feel like i can never decide on a concrete style, nor how to write it in a way that accurately reflects my individual voice…and it actually makes sense. great post!!ππ€
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I hope you find the perfect review style in the future!! And thank you Kaya β€
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omg i love this post so much! hahaha yeahh i have SO many ideas, but 99% of the time they don’t make sense, so i feel you on that! ππ
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lol I’m glad you can relate! Thank you for reading β€
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Haha loved reading this post! The spontaneous post ideas is so relatable – why is it always when I donβt have time to write that I get the best ideas!π
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LOL yes totally agree! Thank you for reading β€
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ooh loved this post saniya!! ah yes i certainly resonate with “contemplate life” and “jump out of bed”! π
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Thank you so much Cherelle! hahahah I’m glad you relate π
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Reviews are the actually easiest for me to write just because I always have so many thoughts and I almost always take notes while reading. I’m terrible at catching typos though. My brain automatically corrects a wrong word when I’m reading it out loud πππ
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Terribly sorry for responding late, I didn’t see this! But that’s such great insight. I’m the same sometime too! Same! I always used to correct started to stared on accident π Thank you for reading <33
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