A Recipe for Writing: Write Post and Marinate for 48-72 Hours

I am new to read.cash, but I am not new to writing, and I am certainly not new to writing platforms. I have been on several in the past. Some good, some not so good. But that is always the case, isn't it?

I can write fast, and I can write a lot. But what I have found is that this isn't necessarily a good thing for most of the platforms that I have been on. For one thing, even if I develop a good number of subscribers at some point, I have to keep in mind that I am not the only writer that they have subscribed to.

And obviously I write things because I want people to be able to read them. Otherwise why bother, right?

The thing is, I want to give my readers a chance to actually see my post. I want my post to marinate a bit, if you will. I want the post to be able to breathe.

If I post too many times in a single day, or even try to post every single day, the chances that my post gets lost in the muck of all of the other writers clamoring for eyes is pretty good.

The chance that my readers tire of me if I post too much is also fairly good.

Let's face it, not everything I have to say is going to be interesting to everyone anyway, and if all I am doing is writing as much as I can, hoping to simply land as many eyes as fast as I can hoping to simply cash in, I am really just wasting my time and yours.

So, I need to space things out a bit. Things will have a way of working themselves out, and the eyes that want to see what I write will be there when I want them to be there.

Partly because they will most likely be able to find my posts easier. And they'll actually have time to read what I write if they want to.

We are sort of being paid here to do what we do, and so I also want to get the most bang out of the time I spend writing anything down if there is a bang to be had.

Writing is easy. But it is also hard. It can be time consuming. Some posts you just kind of write willy nilly because you can, and things don't have to be as perfect as possible. Like this one. Others you want to take a bit more time and care with.

If I let a post sit a bit and catch more eyes, can the post make more money?

Maybe.

Is it all for the money? No. Not really. I write because I like to write. The money is just an added bonus. But it still matters.

If I let a post sit a bit and catch more eyes, has the post been more worthwhile to even write?

You bet it is.

Sometimes for me the best reward isn't even the few pennies my post might earn. It's the time people take to leave a nice, thoughtful comment that lets me know they read it, and even enjoyed what they read.

I have kind of suggested that I have a schedule, or even a process for determining when I hit the publish button for the next post in line to hit the airwaves, so to speak.

Perhaps it is a number of views, a number of days, a certain dollar amount, an amount of comments.

None of that is true.

I mean, I will watch the traffic a bit, and if I determine it has fizzled out or run its course, I can draw the conclusion that the recent life cycle of the post is done for the moment, and then decide to post something new.

I also know, based on past history on other platforms that this life cycle is probably about 2 or 3 days. In other words, after a certain period of time you can pretty much determine that anyone who wanted to read the post has already read it, and keeping it up longer before posting the next one is probably futile.

Even on noise.cash I make it a point to space my posts at the very minimum about two hours apart.

I am not suggesting anyone has to work their posts this way. Or even that it is the best way. Do what you do, and what you feel works best for you, and what you feel most comfortable doing.

Ultimately it's the readers who will make the call whether what you are doing is good or bad. The content, the frequency, and whatever other things that might matter.

But I have also come to these ideas as my best way based on what I have learned from observing how my readers interact with me and my posts as well in my many years of doing this.

I want to write and have fun, and I want my readers to also have fun. Writing or reading should never feel like work. It should never feel like an obligation.

This may be the dumbest analogy ever, but I am going to go through with it anyway. If I am Burger King do I want you to come in here every single day and devour my hamburgers, and become fat and bloated and suffer heart disease?

No. I'd much prefer you come in from time to time to really get that treat you have been craving for, and enjoy it like something you want to eat, instead of something that has been force fed down your throat just because I am hungry for your money and you are feeling obligated to eat it.

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