The number of hits I get on a post on my blog can vary quite
a lot. Of course I like it when I get a large number of hits. What is it about
my popular posts that makes them so popular?
In addition to my own blog, I post on Blogger and FaceBook.
The popularity of my posts are quite different on each of these sites. I picked
the top 10 based on my own site, and will mention some popular posts on the
other sites.
10. Return to
Blogging
In this post I talked about restarting my blog. I had
stopped because I had to help take care of my wife while she was sick. As such,
this was a more personal post than I usually write. It was also the most
popular post, by far, on FaceBook.
A closely related post: My
Own Conflicts http://dynamiclethargyfilms.ca/my-own-conflicts/
was the second most popular on FaceBook.
I don't feel comfortable writing posts that are too
personal, but it is also clear that those kinds of posts are usually more
popular.
9. I Finally Brought
A Long Held Dream to Fruition
This is my post to promote my Doc Savage novella: "The 89th Key". http://dynamiclethargyfilms.ca/stories/the-89th-key/
The release of a major piece of work does attract more
attention that a progress update. Of course, I need to have something to
release in order to do a post like this.
8. New Ideas for
Transportation Planning Stories
I've worked on several projects that have transportation
planning as a background. While my movie "The
Barrier" is still at version 0.6, I wanted to start on a new project.
I am glad to see that the topic does still attract some interest. As it was, I
got side tracked onto other projects. Maybe I can get back to this next year.
7. The Lester Dent Master Fiction Plot Test Drive
I first posted this in December of 2010, so despite being an
old post, it still draws new visitors.
Lester Dent was a prolific pulp writer back in the 1930s and
1940s and is best known for writing most of the Doc Savage stories. I came
across an article he wrote about what he called his master fiction plot. It is
a formula for a action adventure pulp story. I found that it helped me improve
my writing.
I've experimented with variations of the formula; mostly by
trying to adapt it to other types of stories. Some people denigrate
"formula writing", but I find it a valuable tool. Certainly at some
stages of writing, it can really get things going. I find that when I don't
follow this structure, it becomes very difficult to write.
The popularity of this post reflects the interest that
writers have in tools they can use for writing. In the original post I included
a link to the article, but the link went dead, so I added a copy of the article
to the end of the post, so that it is available to people who find my post.
6. My New Website
Theme: As The Goals Change
Late last year I started to develop a new WordPress theme
for my website. I'm not sure why it should be so popular. In the end I
abandoned my new theme and picked one of the free themes that are available. I
did make a few modifications, and would like to make some more, but this is a
low priority for me.
5. "2001: A
Space Odyssey" and H. P. Lovecraft
2001 was and is my favourite movie. I've also had an
interest in H.P. Lovecraft. One day I was struck by the idea that there was a
connection between the two, so I wrote up my thoughts on it.
I posted this back in April of 2014, so this is another old
post that keeps drawing in readers.
4. My Film Equipment
Repair Adventure
I have an old Sankyo Dualux 1000 super 8/ regular 8
projector that belonged to my parents. Unfortunately, the drive belt wore out
and broke. I tried to find a replacement belt, but they are expensive. I
experimented with using an O-ring and a rubber band.
It seems that a lot of other people have the same projector,
and the same problem with the drive belt. I posted this in February 2012 and
still get hits on this page frequently.
2. and 3. Experiments
With the Trial Version of nawmalMAKE and The New Nawmal: Good News for
"The Barrier"
I wrote these two posts about NawmalMake. It is a rerelease
of the old Xtranormal program that I used to make "The Barrier" and "Make
’ em Squirm: The Sharkbiter Way
I was quite glad to see it rereleased, so I could do a final
version of "The Barrier".
Unfortunately, the timing isn't good for me, so I haven't been able to take
advantage of the new release. I did some tests though.
The one big worry I have is that the new company will not be
able to make a go of it and the program will no longer be available when I have
time to use it. The fact that these two posts are attracting a lot of hits even
months after it was posted tells me that there is some interest in the program.
This is a positive sign for the future of the program.
1. Conversational
Films: A Small Genre
One of my favourite films is Linklater's "Before Sunrise
I'm not sure why this post should be so popular. Even though
it was posted back in March 2012, it was still my most popular post this year.
Maybe there is a desire out there for similar movies.
I wrote my story "The
Crying Woman" as the basis for a movie like this, but I haven't
followed up on it yet. http://www.dynamiclethargyfilms.ca/stories/the-crying-woman/
Honourable Mention: Do
Ancient Alien Probes Watch Earth?
While this post did not attract much attention on my site or
FaceBook, it was very popular on Blogger. No one made any comments, but I think
that may be a good thing. Many of the people who would be interested would be
interested in the conspiracy theory aspects of the idea, and would not be very
positively disposed to my more sceptical approach to the idea.
This post is a mirror from my main blog http://www.dynamiclethargyfilms.ca/blog
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