Shared by Colleen Chesebro this post by H.R.R. Gorman shares the benefits of rising to the various challenges on WordPress that are also included. I would add that if you are an author who would like to encourage readers to come to your blog, this is a great way to do that too. As well as being fun. I am managing one or two a week and it is also a great way to develop other forms of writing.. #recommended
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When you start a writing blog, there’s only a couple ways to start interacting with other writers and readers:
- Depend on people you already know to follow links to your blog
- Start using your blog to interact with other bloggers
If you’ve got #1 set because you’re a Twitter star, congrats! That’s awesome!
Most of us, however, have to (or want to) deal with #2, and a great way to do that is through the use of prompts.
Why Prompts?
“Aren’t prompts just limiting my creativity?” you may say.
To you, my fine friend, I must admit that it’s possible! Sometimes I answer a prompt and feel like the sliver of garbage I spewed out would have been better left with my other thoughts that go completely forgotten. You may, as well, be a person who isn’t blogging for interaction and, instead, want to just have a place to send…
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