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Tuesday, February 14, 2012
How I’m using multiple blogs to increase my creative output.
As you may have read, I picked up a new hobby this year. The purpose was to get my mind onto a new topic and to get offline. So far, I’m not accomplishing those goals to the extent that I’d like to. If anything, I’ve done more online since starting the hobby, and that’s not entirely a bad thing.
After getting my feet wet with the new hobby (r/c cars), I quickly felt the urge to start a site that could chronicle and document my experience. Through learning more about the hobby, this urge solidified to a need. Some quick brainstorming and discussions with potential contributors lead from one thing to another and RCNewb.com was born. Shortly after the site launched, I realized what having another outlet for writing could do for my creativity.
I’ve written more than a few draft posts that were ultimately tossed out because I didn’t feel they fit the main topics of this site. That’s a shame since I don’t like putting effort into things that don’t go anywhere. While the creation of a new site that fits a specific niche is a bit of a stretch (maintenance, design, etc) there are additional benefits that can be reaped aside from the increased room for creativity. I’m experimenting with different cms systemse and venturing out of my ExpressionEngine comfort zone, helping expand my technical and development and balancing out the additional content creation.
Although I could run everything under one banner, I like keeping some aspects of what I do compartmentalized. It’s cleaner and tends to keep posts heading in one general direction, rather than shotgunning them willy-nilly. Now it’s time to write!
