Dealing with Writer’s Block
July 23, 2007
I’ve recently been dealing with writer’s block along with being busy with a lot of other things, and I confess, it’s gotten to me. Writer’s block (and maybe a fraction of laziness) has caused me to miss some days posting. I’ve had absolutely no ideas, and even the list of a few ideas I had written down seemed like they wouldn’t make good posts to me. Hopefully I’m getting over my short burst of writer’s block, but if this ever happens to you, here are a few tips to avoid the block.
- Keep a list of your post ideas. Your list can be kept in a Word document on the computer, or the old-fashioned way on paper. I keep my list of post ideas in a binder. I have bad habit of coming up with a good idea for a post and then forgetting it later on, so the list I’m keeping is usually such a huge help to me. Whenever you get an idea for a post, write its description or a potential post title if you think of one. And then later, when you need to post but can’t think of anything, whip out your document or paper.
- Check your last post for topics. Check out your last post for things to write about, or go off in another direction but still extend on the idea that post gave. Courtney Tuttle wrote a great post about this called A Simple Trick To Get Over Writer’s Block. I advise you to check it out, especially if writer’s block is something you deal with more than often.
- Browse other blogs. Visit some other blogs. I am most definitely not telling you to copy their content or even their post’s exact idea, I despise that. Actually, I’m just telling you to look for inspiration, or extend/give your own opinions on something they’ve talked about. Yes, there is a huge difference.
- Write a round-up post. This includes browsing other blogs, but it doesn’t involve you writing any content at all. All you’ve got to do is find some good, helpful information on your topic that others have written about, and link to five to ten of those articles in a round-up post, and maybe write a short summary. This doesn’t exactly involve you writing, but this idea makes it so your blog doesn’t go a day without content. Just don’t do round-ups more than once a week.
There are plenty of ways you can work your way around writer’s block. If you want, even think up your own ideas and write a post on it. If all else fails, at least try to do something productive with your blog like tweaking its design, managing its plugins, or whatever else you need to get done.
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i always keep a notebook. every idea goes in there and when i am out i always take it with me.
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If I posted this twice I am sorry but I got knocked off line while I was in the middle of posting this. :)
Writers block is pretty tough to deal with, especially as a blogger. It can be difficult to overcome. Usually people talk about writers block when they themselves have it =D
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