How I Wish I Wrote and Published - How I Will Write and Publish

Originally, this post had much more context that I ended up choosing to post in a separate post, Door 1 vs. Door 2..

But for the sake of brevity.

TLDR;

1. Consistent Posting.
2. Well Cited (If Necessary).
3. Audio Recorded for Accessibility.
4. Graphic Design for Hero Image.
5. Shared on Socials.

1.) Consistent Posting

Consistency not spam.

I might be a weekly round-up of posts to email to subscribers, but I play on sharing one featured post a week.

Hell, for all I know I only post once a week^[1]

2.) Well Cited (If Necessary)

Sometimes, posts are just vibes, but other times, posts need accountability.

Tangent: A word I've always had an issue with is the word 'Just', okay give me a sec here to elaborate.

Firstly, it's a bad word, doesn't even sound nice to say.

Secondly, try saying 'Just'^[2] aloud, see what I mean?

Thirdly, the word automagically presumes the person being told the information understands the context of what's being said.

Just for one person is the next persons reason to eventual failure of a task, all because a person couldn't be bothered to just explain, throughly, the process.

So, what does just have to do with 2.) Well Cited (If Necessary)?

Well, to keep myself accountable that I don't fall into the lazy, frankly unfair to readers, mindset of posting just vibe posts so that I can ignore this step of the process.

3.) Self-Recorded Audio for Accessibility

Similarly to 2., this step is to hold myself accountable in that I should read aloud anything I post^[3].

Also, I've always admired a well written blog, post, article, what have you, that also had the writer, or a professional narrator, reading the piece aloud.

The intentional writing of 'Self-Recorded Audio' is to not fall into the AI trap of using readers to read them aloud.^[4]

4.) Create Graphic Design for Hero Image

Similarly to 2., 3., and now this step, 'Create Graphic Design...' Is to hold myself accountable to produce an image, doesn't have to be a masterpiece, to be the hero image of the blog.

Not that I would ever fall into the generative-ai-prompt-up-an-image-for-me-so-i-can-embarrisingly-credit-an-generative-ai-companies-stolen-data-set-as-the-creator but more so that I don't fall into the stock-image rabbit-hole of using images from the web that don't have any personal input into.

5.) Shared on Socials

This is the hardest one. Sharing creativity online is...

Way too fucking v u l n e r a b l e.

I'll have to try and sort this out.

But this has to be part of the process, otherwise, for myself, it's not committing fully to this task I want to be consistent at.

If anyone who reads this sees me falling off on any of these steps, please call me out. It would be much appreciated.^[5]