Comments on: Don’t Just Repeat Others; Write Original Content http://www.legalandrew.com/2007/03/23/dont-just-repeat-others-write-original-content/ law for the rest of us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:57:51 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Andrew Flusche http://www.legalandrew.com/2007/03/23/dont-just-repeat-others-write-original-content/comment-page-1/#comment-15378 Andrew Flusche Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:14:36 +0000 http://www.legalandrew.com/2007/03/23/dont-just-repeat-others-write-original-content/#comment-15378 Brett, I don't think your blog has been repetitive at all. Perhaps I should clarify the above post. I don't think it's bad to be somewhat repetitive <em>over time</em>, especially when you're talking about core principles of the subject. There's an important temporal element to blogging. Even if you're substantially repeating something that was written about a while ago, those posts are now archived away. It doesn't seem objectionable. But when half the blogosophere wrote the same post <em>today</em>, it definitely gets annoying. Thanks for commenting, Andrew Brett,

I don’t think your blog has been repetitive at all. Perhaps I should clarify the above post. I don’t think it’s bad to be somewhat repetitive over time, especially when you’re talking about core principles of the subject.

There’s an important temporal element to blogging. Even if you’re substantially repeating something that was written about a while ago, those posts are now archived away. It doesn’t seem objectionable. But when half the blogosophere wrote the same post today, it definitely gets annoying.

Thanks for commenting,
Andrew

]]> By: Brett McKay http://www.legalandrew.com/2007/03/23/dont-just-repeat-others-write-original-content/comment-page-1/#comment-15285 Brett McKay Sat, 24 Mar 2007 05:40:34 +0000 http://www.legalandrew.com/2007/03/23/dont-just-repeat-others-write-original-content/#comment-15285 Great post, Andrew. I've been thinking about this alot lately. I've been doing some self evaluation to see if I'm just being another "post on the fence." You hit the nail on the head by saying find a new angle. Take personal finance for instance, the main topic on my blog. In reality, personal finance blogs, books, articles, ect. pretty much repeat the same principles over again (save more than you spend, save 10%, don't use credit cards, ect). The key is taking these basic principles and giving them a nice spin. I've tried doing that with my Financial lessons from the case book series. Is it hard? Yes, it can be very hard to add new life to old principles, but the effort is well worth it. Great post, Andrew. I’ve been thinking about this alot lately. I’ve been doing some self evaluation to see if I’m just being another “post on the fence.” You hit the nail on the head by saying find a new angle. Take personal finance for instance, the main topic on my blog. In reality, personal finance blogs, books, articles, ect. pretty much repeat the same principles over again (save more than you spend, save 10%, don’t use credit cards, ect). The key is taking these basic principles and giving them a nice spin. I’ve tried doing that with my Financial lessons from the case book series. Is it hard? Yes, it can be very hard to add new life to old principles, but the effort is well worth it.

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