It’s time for reflection on 2015 while planning for the upcoming year.
It was a busy year on this site with a redesign, lots of new content and the launch of #EditorTherapy chat.
My internship and job posts are consistently popular, and I hope they’re showing you that there are a ton of fabulous media opportunities out there.
This post highlights my five most popular posts of 2015. These are the five posts that garnered the post page views this calendar year.
There’s no need to wait any longer! Here are my most popular posts of 2015.
1. How to write a professional bio
This post is an absolute mystery to me. I wrote it in 2013 to assist students in my public relations writing class with an assignment. It has been the most popular post on this site since, with most readers finding the post through search.
The popularity of this post (and others on this list) prove that many people are searching for basic information on important topics.
2. 12 tips for finding story ideas
My second most popular post has three things in common with the first.
- It also was written in 2013.
- It also was written for a class, this time it was to help media writing students identify story ideas.
- It also is what I consider basic, yet helpful, information.
The great thing about the story ideas post is that I can use it as handout and discussion point each time I teach a writing class. It keeps me from spending an entire class lecture or two discussing news values and finding ideas. In a different way, I find this post just as helpful as my readers do.
3. Why you should read every day
My third most popular post of 2015 is one I wrote for me.
I also wrote this post in 2013. Apparently I produced some great, lasting content that year.
I wrote the post to remind myself of the benefits of reading and to justify my crazy reading habit, after having read like 260 books in two years.
4. 11 tips for editing your own writing
Is it possible that I also write the fourth most popular post of 2015 in 2013? What was I eating that year that resulted in the production of such great content? I need to revisit my habits that year in a serious way.
The popularity of this post on editing your own writing seems like a no brainer to me. As the post reads:
If editing other people’s work is challenging, editing your own writing is downright painful.”
My goal with this post was to assist readers with the difficult task of self editing.
5. Quotables: Stephen King on Motivation
If you just read the quote, you’ll understand why it was the foundation of the fifth most popular post of 2015.
I wrote this post in 2014, then it went crazy with reads through StumbleUpon.
It seems a lot of people relate to the quote. I certainly do.
There they are, the five most popular posts on this site in 2015. I hope you enjoyed them when you first read them or are enjoying them now. Thank you for your continued readership and support. I’m excited to see what we can learn from each other next year.
mssackstein Thank you, Starr.
SueAnneDunlevie Thank you!
MarcieMom Thank you! How are things on the island?
gagasgarden Thank you, Susan.
TedRubin Thank you, Ted. Happy belated Birthday. I hope it was fabulous!
profkrg it was, thanks Kenna. Make it a great day!
marieannbailey Good morning thanks!
SteveCassady Thank you, Steve!
profkrg Glad to do it, Kenna. Wishing you great 2016!
LisaLadrido Thank you, Lisa. I appreciate your support.
EA_Clark Thank you, Eric.
profkrg you’re welcome, hope that you’re well.
thejoshuawilner Thank you, sir.
profkrg My pleasure.
profkrg All good! Borrowed so many books to read and all the table top space in my home are filled with them!
MarcieMom What are you reading? I’m always interested.
ThinDifference Thank you, Jon. Is the weather calming down there?
profkrg It is beginning to buy a lot of damage in some places nearby. How about on OK?
profkrg Right now, carrying Albert home by Homer Hickman, the author who wrote October Sky 🙂
JacqBiggar Thank you!
soul2work Thank you, Scott.
lisabuyer Thank you, Lisa.
profkrg the editing post is FANTASTIC! I focus a lot on microediting with students, and your post will be perfect addition to that! THANKS!
profkrg here are the microediting recommendations I share with students: Short and Sweet. http://writingwithaesop.blogspot.com/search/label/short%20and%20sweet Happy New Year of Words!
OnlineCrsLady so glad it’s helpful!
teachwithsoul Thank you, Lisa.
brokeblokeblogs Thank you!
BookReviewer3 Thank you!