Using Drafts to Get Ahead – Blogging Challenge – Day 4

 

Welcome to Day 4 of our 30-Day Blogging Challenge.

If you missed the first 3 days of this blogging challenge, use the links at the bottom of today’s article to go back to those posts with more blogging tips.
Now… today I have a quick tip for you that will come in handy as you’re working on getting ahead with your blogging.
It’s using the drafts feature.
Yes, it’s handy that WordPress and most other blogging platforms have a way to save your posts as drafts so you can continue to work on them over the course of a few days.
It’s even better that they usually auto-save for you.
But there’s another great way to use the drafts feature.
You can use drafts to get ahead of the blogging game in several different ways.
Let’s start with the most obvious one.

1. Use Drafts to Work on Your Next Blog Post (or Two)

The most obvious way to use drafts is, of course, to work on your current blog post until it is ready to publish.
But don’t stop there.
If you know you have a busy day tomorrow or later on in the week, go ahead and give yourself a head start by creating a draft and working on it here and there as you can fit it in your busy day.
You’ll be glad you did when it comes time to wrap up that particular post.

2. Use Drafts to Plan Out Your Week

You can also use drafts to plan out your blogging for the week.
Let’s say you want to post 5 times per week.
Come up with 5 topics and create a draft for each.
Then start working on them, making sure you wrap up and publish at least one of the posts on each of your publishing days.
Not only will this keep you on track and show you at a glance what you’ll be blogging about this week, it also allows you to work on multiple posts throughout the week, giving you options when you get stuck on writing one post.

3. Use Drafts as A Way of Storing Blog Post Ideas

Finally, use the drafts feature as a storage container for ideas for future blog posts.
Here’s how.
When you get an idea for a blog post, go ahead and create a draft.
Come up with a working title and make a quick note of what your blog post will be about.
If you’re feeling ambitious, go ahead and write a quick outline for the post.
Then save it as a draft.
Do this any time you come up with an idea and save it for later.
Then whenever you need something to blog about, browse through your drafts and pick one and start finishing the draft.
The idea is there and you may even have done some of the writing already.
Drafts make for fast blog posts and are just the thing when you’re suffering from writers block.
So start using your drafts feature regularly.
Try it!
To Your Blogging Success,

The Working Writer’s Coach
www.workingwriterscoach.com
P.S. If you missed Days 1, 2, and 3 of this challenge use these links to go back and read those posts.
Blogging Challenge – Day 1
Blogging Challenge – Day 2
Blogging Challenge – Day 3