Comments on: Twelve Puzzle Pieces Of Writing A Series http://www.inspirationbit.com/twelve-puzzle-pieces-of-writing-a-series/ Knowledge comes from inspiration - one bit at a time Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:43:12 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: 8 Things That Intimidate Me About Graphic Design » Inspiration Bit http://www.inspirationbit.com/twelve-puzzle-pieces-of-writing-a-series/comment-page-1/#comment-12706 8 Things That Intimidate Me About Graphic Design » Inspiration Bit Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:22:58 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/twelve-puzzle-pieces-of-writing-a-series/#comment-12706 [...] always wondered - why? My friend Ronald Huereca finally answered why. This is Ronald’s second guest post on Inspiration Bit. He’s not afraid of turning Wordpress inside out and getting hands dirty with writing [...] [...] always wondered – why? My friend Ronald Huereca finally answered why. This is Ronald’s second guest post on Inspiration Bit. He’s not afraid of turning Wordpress inside out and getting hands dirty with writing [...]

]]> By: Shankar Ganesh http://www.inspirationbit.com/twelve-puzzle-pieces-of-writing-a-series/comment-page-1/#comment-3510 Shankar Ganesh Thu, 07 Jun 2007 04:50:11 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/twelve-puzzle-pieces-of-writing-a-series/#comment-3510 Wow! That was a great post, Ronald. I've never written a series of posts, but surely I'll take your tips into consideration when I write one. I fail in the introduction part when I write posts actually, I will improve on it.Thanks, Ronald :) And Vivien, that PDF idea is really cool. I have a liking towards PDFs :D Wow! That was a great post, Ronald.

I’ve never written a series of posts, but surely I’ll take your tips into consideration when I write one. I fail in the introduction part when I write posts actually, I will improve on it.Thanks, Ronald :)

And Vivien, that PDF idea is really cool. I have a liking towards PDFs :D

]]> By: Ronald Huereca http://www.inspirationbit.com/twelve-puzzle-pieces-of-writing-a-series/comment-page-1/#comment-3505 Ronald Huereca Wed, 06 Jun 2007 23:09:06 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/twelve-puzzle-pieces-of-writing-a-series/#comment-3505 Vivien, That's interesting as far as PDF goes. Kinda like an e-book or something. Joey, Yes, unfinished series are a pain. Unfortunately I am guilty. :) Vivien,
That’s interesting as far as PDF goes. Kinda like an e-book or something.

Joey,
Yes, unfinished series are a pain. Unfortunately I am guilty. :)

]]> By: Joey http://www.inspirationbit.com/twelve-puzzle-pieces-of-writing-a-series/comment-page-1/#comment-3494 Joey Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:24:05 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/twelve-puzzle-pieces-of-writing-a-series/#comment-3494 Aha... good point Vivien. I'll have to remember that. PDF's are also great for storing in offline formats for future reference. Aha… good point Vivien. I’ll have to remember that. PDF’s are also great for storing in offline formats for future reference.

]]> By: Vivien http://www.inspirationbit.com/twelve-puzzle-pieces-of-writing-a-series/comment-page-1/#comment-3485 Vivien Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:28:11 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/twelve-puzzle-pieces-of-writing-a-series/#comment-3485 that's a very helpful article, Ronald. Thank you! Next time I decide to write series for my blog, I will definitely follow your tips. Regarding your series on DL - I think that they were really great and easy to follow. I personally didn't comment much on them, because I didn't have time to actually do all those exercises and didn't want to comment just for the sake of commenting. Perhaps others had the same problem - simply a lack of time, not interest in the series. The only thing I would recommend on adding to the long series like this, is to collect them all in a PDF file, and link to it at the end of the last post of the series. This way, people can print it out and follow them like a book when they have time. At least, I personally like this option to have it all in one PDF. that’s a very helpful article, Ronald. Thank you! Next time I decide to write series for my blog, I will definitely follow your tips.

Regarding your series on DL – I think that they were really great and easy to follow. I personally didn’t comment much on them, because I didn’t have time to actually do all those exercises and didn’t want to comment just for the sake of commenting. Perhaps others had the same problem – simply a lack of time, not interest in the series.

The only thing I would recommend on adding to the long series like this, is to collect them all in a PDF file, and link to it at the end of the last post of the series. This way, people can print it out and follow them like a book when they have time. At least, I personally like this option to have it all in one PDF.

]]> By: Joey http://www.inspirationbit.com/twelve-puzzle-pieces-of-writing-a-series/comment-page-1/#comment-3483 Joey Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:19:18 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/twelve-puzzle-pieces-of-writing-a-series/#comment-3483 Great post Ron. One of my pet peeves is to get interested in a series on some blog somewhere and the writer doesn't have all of the parts written yet so you are left waiting and wondering when the next part is coming. Great post Ron. One of my pet peeves is to get interested in a series on some blog somewhere and the writer doesn’t have all of the parts written yet so you are left waiting and wondering when the next part is coming.

]]> By: Ronald Huereca http://www.inspirationbit.com/twelve-puzzle-pieces-of-writing-a-series/comment-page-1/#comment-3481 Ronald Huereca Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:33:19 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/twelve-puzzle-pieces-of-writing-a-series/#comment-3481 Andrew, It was a pain to write them all at once, but it was worth it in hindsight. Good luck on any series you write in the future. Andrew,

It was a pain to write them all at once, but it was worth it in hindsight. Good luck on any series you write in the future.

]]> By: Andrew Rickmann http://www.inspirationbit.com/twelve-puzzle-pieces-of-writing-a-series/comment-page-1/#comment-3468 Andrew Rickmann Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:53:59 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/twelve-puzzle-pieces-of-writing-a-series/#comment-3468 I definitely agree with the need to write a series all in one go. I wrote a three post series, an introduction to building a site using web standards, and I didn't write it all in one go. By the end of the series it had become a bit of a chore and I was tempted to start cutting corners just to get it done. I knew I had to finish it, as there is nothing worse than half a series, but it was't easy. The first post, in contrast, was very quick and easy as I was still excited about writing it. I definitely agree with the need to write a series all in one go. I wrote a three post series, an introduction to building a site using web standards, and I didn’t write it all in one go.

By the end of the series it had become a bit of a chore and I was tempted to start cutting corners just to get it done. I knew I had to finish it, as there is nothing worse than half a series, but it was’t easy. The first post, in contrast, was very quick and easy as I was still excited about writing it.

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