Eliminate Blogger’s Block With 1 Easy Step

Writers may get writers block, but I believe bloggers block is something a bit different. I doubt there’s a blogger alive who has never faced it. The looming post that needs to be published with no clue what we could possibly write about. I can always think of something to write and I can’t honestly say that writer’s block has ever been a problem. However, having to focus on the specificity of a particular topic is sometimes a bit confining and I’m never too eager to on sit in front of the computer, fingers hovering over the keys while I wait for inspiration to drown the blank page.

I loathe to feel my minutes melting. For me, learning to eliminate this needless struggle has been one of the biggest boons to my blogging so far. 

Whether you are blogging with just a single posting from within a narrow niche, or writing in several places on topics from paint chips to potato chips, keeping a few things in mind while you go about your normal online duties can help you stave off frustrating, idle moments.

Whether you utilize a pen and paper notebook or a digital diary on your desktop, you should have a consistent place to jot down ideas for any future posts as soon as they sail across your subconscious. This can be as simple as a single sentence or as involved as an elaborate outline, but the key is to jot down any thoughts that will trigger your brain to to the sequence of thoughts you were having back in that moment. 

Another strategy that helps me complete such a copious quantity of writing is working in an environment outside of the WordPress dashboard. Of course, I write a lot of content from within the dash, but I also copy and paste from my own notes fairly often. The primary drawback of the WordPress dashboard is that you must be online in order to write. Sometimes this isn’t possible, and even when it is, the cumbersome nature and occasionally lengthy load times are more than enough to add hinder to your flow.

Be comfortable writing from within any environment and you will find proof that your productivity can prosper. 

Regardless of your strategy, you don’t want to allow your ideas escape. Our minds are fertile fields and we must nurture its steady crop of ideas. This isn’t the turn of the twentieth century. We don’t need to edit by hand and getting our ideas out is as simple as the click of a button. There have never been more tools available. The trick is to find those tools that work best for you and then add them to an always available tool box able to hand you a steady stream of ideas that help keep both your productivity and creativity dancing.

 

Sean

Sean Platt is a dad and freelance writer. Subscribe to his feed or follow him on Twitter.

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