Blog Time
My four loyal blog readers know that I am an Engineer. Given that I do a lot of analysis as part of my job, it inspired me to investigate the time I spend blogging. Microsoft Word records the number of minutes spent on each document, and I started a new file every week to separate my entries. Here is the data:
1 Why I write 182
2 Living in a Dystopian Present 319
3 My Eternal Struggle With Grammar 275
4 Writing in the Tom Clancy Universe 156
5 The Goal of Becoming an Author 128
6 Bill’s Guide to Writing a Book 100
7 Bill’s guide to Self-Publishing 163
8 Bill’s Guild to Self-Publishing Marketing 135
9 My Eternal Struggle With Grammar Continues 118
10 Using A Pen Name 156
11 Writing an Intimate Scene 89
12 Overcoming Critics 228
13 The People We Want to Read About 268
14 Confusing Writing With Real Life 133
15 How A Plot Develops 259
16 Writing About a Controversial Topic 115
17 Why I Blog 136
18 Technical Writing (By a Fiction Author) 208
19 When I Realized I Had Become An Author 95
20 How Writing Has Affected My Family Life 142
21 Creative Writing in College 197
22 Writing Has Unexpectedly Become Difficult 224
23 My Favorite Books 284
24 Being an Author Has Altered My Outlook 239
25 Female Characters 314
26 Writing for Maximum Length 221
27 Contractions 210
28 Great Protagonists 169
29 It’s Easier to be a Fiction Author 168
30 Full Time to Part Time Author 169
31 Writing a Good Main Character 129
32 My Computer Isn’t a Typewriter 154
33 Working With An Editor 107
34 My Russian Characters 102
35 I Love to Self-Edit 178
36 Are Ghosts Real? 64
37 I Never Understood Existential 83
38 Books I Didn’t Like 50
39 Why I Like Neil Gaiman 71
40 Translating Books to Film 177
41 Writing A Book Outline 200
42 Writing A Character Biography 155
43 If Aliens Arrive, Science Fiction Will Change 109
44 Most Authors Are Goodhearted People 109
45 Using Grammarly 160
46 My Ethics Hinder Good Story 167
47 Character Attachment 139
48 When Your Best Isn’t Good Enough 171
49 Where my Ideas Come From 204
50 Writing Radical Fiction 203
51 The Definition of Evil 328
52 I No Longer Use Writers Helping Writers 81
53 How’s That Marketing Going? 162
54 What the World Owes Me 161
55 I Watched the Move Freejack 141
56 Good Writers Are Philosophers 183
57 It’s Difficult to Write About Food 187
58 The Lies We Tell 111
59 The Title is Everything 73
60 Fan Fiction 224
61 When Intelligent People Disagree 144
62 Do I Complain Too Much? 116
63 The Worst Thing I Almost Did 108
64 In the Mood to Write 168
65 Book Covers 120
66 Authors Rationalize Their Existence 120
67 My Editing Philosophy 80
68 Integrating Quotes 142
69 Reflecting on My First Book 103
70 I Used to Write Many Letters 153
71 The Motive Behind Revenge 114
72 Writing on Prednisone 194
73 I Don’t Want to Write an Autobiography 176
74 An Update to My Writing Process 111
75 Getting Old 109
76 Becoming Successful Will Take a Long Time 130
77 My Computer is a Dear Friend 133
78 Book Descriptions Are a Pain 92
79 Karma Is Difficult to Write For 146
80 Banned Topics 128
81 Being a Perfectionist 134
82 The Subject of Death 118
83 Defining Fear 154
84 Predicting the Future 155
85 Emotional Writing 90
86 Life is Always More Complicated 205
87 Numbers 113
88 Writing Humor 62
89 I Wish I Read More 100
90 Men in Black International 151
91 Why I Continue to Blog 110
92 Bad People Aren’t Evil 149
93 A Writing Setback 137
94 An Arrogant Character 113
95 My Writing Improved 69
96 New Book Topics 134
97 Blog Rules 176
98 Amazing Book Descriptions 110
99 It’s Difficult Keeping Things Strait 115
100 I Lost a Friend 143
101 My Personal Life 97
102 An Important Blog Topic 112
103 Bad Grammar 152
104 Another Writing Setback 146
105 Fictional Ethics 106
106 Writing Quirks 344
107 Bad Book Reviews 328
108 My Legacy 276
109 Raising Awareness 209
110 Don’t Use Did 107
111 Trying to Be Offensive 270
112 Writing in Lockdown 145
113 Superheroes 125
114 Enjoying the Story 177
115 A Bit of Information 108
116 I Told You So 156
117 My Daughter Kim 55
118 Negative Blogs 432
119 Motivation 276
120 Writing for Me 79
121 Switching Gears 141
122 Failed Virus Prediction 102
123 Character Flaws 220
124 My Favorite Quotes 173
125 Throwing Characters Into a Plot 203
126 Lonely Writing 420
127 The Back of My Head 95
128 Uninventing 197
129 Dialogue Is Easy; Scripts Are Difficult 170
130 DIKW Pyramid 132
131 There is Always a Wrong Way 173
132 My Story Is Not Real 236
133 Editing Effectiveness 177
134 Defending My Work 219
135 Behaving Badly 293
136 Group Editing 285
137 Quack Villain 65
138 Editing Block 136
On average, I spend 161 minutes or 2.7 hours per week. The least amount of time was 50 minutes, and the most were 432 minutes. My total blogging time is 22245 minutes or 370 hours, or 6.1 days.
From the graph, we can see that weekly times were nearly consistent until March of this year. This increase probably resulted from having more time to write because the virus kept me working from home, eliminating my commute. I suspect that the additional time has improved my writing quality. Perhaps a future blog could analyze each blog entry for quality and compare it to writing time. Nah, that would be too geeky.
You’re the best -Bill
November 18, 2020
1 Why I write 182
2 Living in a Dystopian Present 319
3 My Eternal Struggle With Grammar 275
4 Writing in the Tom Clancy Universe 156
5 The Goal of Becoming an Author 128
6 Bill’s Guide to Writing a Book 100
7 Bill’s guide to Self-Publishing 163
8 Bill’s Guild to Self-Publishing Marketing 135
9 My Eternal Struggle With Grammar Continues 118
10 Using A Pen Name 156
11 Writing an Intimate Scene 89
12 Overcoming Critics 228
13 The People We Want to Read About 268
14 Confusing Writing With Real Life 133
15 How A Plot Develops 259
16 Writing About a Controversial Topic 115
17 Why I Blog 136
18 Technical Writing (By a Fiction Author) 208
19 When I Realized I Had Become An Author 95
20 How Writing Has Affected My Family Life 142
21 Creative Writing in College 197
22 Writing Has Unexpectedly Become Difficult 224
23 My Favorite Books 284
24 Being an Author Has Altered My Outlook 239
25 Female Characters 314
26 Writing for Maximum Length 221
27 Contractions 210
28 Great Protagonists 169
29 It’s Easier to be a Fiction Author 168
30 Full Time to Part Time Author 169
31 Writing a Good Main Character 129
32 My Computer Isn’t a Typewriter 154
33 Working With An Editor 107
34 My Russian Characters 102
35 I Love to Self-Edit 178
36 Are Ghosts Real? 64
37 I Never Understood Existential 83
38 Books I Didn’t Like 50
39 Why I Like Neil Gaiman 71
40 Translating Books to Film 177
41 Writing A Book Outline 200
42 Writing A Character Biography 155
43 If Aliens Arrive, Science Fiction Will Change 109
44 Most Authors Are Goodhearted People 109
45 Using Grammarly 160
46 My Ethics Hinder Good Story 167
47 Character Attachment 139
48 When Your Best Isn’t Good Enough 171
49 Where my Ideas Come From 204
50 Writing Radical Fiction 203
51 The Definition of Evil 328
52 I No Longer Use Writers Helping Writers 81
53 How’s That Marketing Going? 162
54 What the World Owes Me 161
55 I Watched the Move Freejack 141
56 Good Writers Are Philosophers 183
57 It’s Difficult to Write About Food 187
58 The Lies We Tell 111
59 The Title is Everything 73
60 Fan Fiction 224
61 When Intelligent People Disagree 144
62 Do I Complain Too Much? 116
63 The Worst Thing I Almost Did 108
64 In the Mood to Write 168
65 Book Covers 120
66 Authors Rationalize Their Existence 120
67 My Editing Philosophy 80
68 Integrating Quotes 142
69 Reflecting on My First Book 103
70 I Used to Write Many Letters 153
71 The Motive Behind Revenge 114
72 Writing on Prednisone 194
73 I Don’t Want to Write an Autobiography 176
74 An Update to My Writing Process 111
75 Getting Old 109
76 Becoming Successful Will Take a Long Time 130
77 My Computer is a Dear Friend 133
78 Book Descriptions Are a Pain 92
79 Karma Is Difficult to Write For 146
80 Banned Topics 128
81 Being a Perfectionist 134
82 The Subject of Death 118
83 Defining Fear 154
84 Predicting the Future 155
85 Emotional Writing 90
86 Life is Always More Complicated 205
87 Numbers 113
88 Writing Humor 62
89 I Wish I Read More 100
90 Men in Black International 151
91 Why I Continue to Blog 110
92 Bad People Aren’t Evil 149
93 A Writing Setback 137
94 An Arrogant Character 113
95 My Writing Improved 69
96 New Book Topics 134
97 Blog Rules 176
98 Amazing Book Descriptions 110
99 It’s Difficult Keeping Things Strait 115
100 I Lost a Friend 143
101 My Personal Life 97
102 An Important Blog Topic 112
103 Bad Grammar 152
104 Another Writing Setback 146
105 Fictional Ethics 106
106 Writing Quirks 344
107 Bad Book Reviews 328
108 My Legacy 276
109 Raising Awareness 209
110 Don’t Use Did 107
111 Trying to Be Offensive 270
112 Writing in Lockdown 145
113 Superheroes 125
114 Enjoying the Story 177
115 A Bit of Information 108
116 I Told You So 156
117 My Daughter Kim 55
118 Negative Blogs 432
119 Motivation 276
120 Writing for Me 79
121 Switching Gears 141
122 Failed Virus Prediction 102
123 Character Flaws 220
124 My Favorite Quotes 173
125 Throwing Characters Into a Plot 203
126 Lonely Writing 420
127 The Back of My Head 95
128 Uninventing 197
129 Dialogue Is Easy; Scripts Are Difficult 170
130 DIKW Pyramid 132
131 There is Always a Wrong Way 173
132 My Story Is Not Real 236
133 Editing Effectiveness 177
134 Defending My Work 219
135 Behaving Badly 293
136 Group Editing 285
137 Quack Villain 65
138 Editing Block 136
On average, I spend 161 minutes or 2.7 hours per week. The least amount of time was 50 minutes, and the most were 432 minutes. My total blogging time is 22245 minutes or 370 hours, or 6.1 days.
From the graph, we can see that weekly times were nearly consistent until March of this year. This increase probably resulted from having more time to write because the virus kept me working from home, eliminating my commute. I suspect that the additional time has improved my writing quality. Perhaps a future blog could analyze each blog entry for quality and compare it to writing time. Nah, that would be too geeky.You’re the best -Bill
November 18, 2020
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