If you are one the many of us who write periodically and you just landed in the No-Pass Zone , "Writer's Block", here is what you can do about it.
How much can we say about, How to Sell a Home or Buy one, etc.? The truth is, it is an endless subject with some many features , issues, or concerns to consider and write about. REALTORS have been talking about homes for over 100 years and we are still going as strong as the Energizer Bunny.
Buying or selling is not all there is to a home. How about the people that own them, that you helped put there inside those homes. Their lives are also very fascinating and we have all have had some wonderful experiences with them that can be shared.
There is so much more about homes that are fascinating. The communities they are a part of, even the difficulties we all experience owning them. The pleasant things we all know exist inside them. How to build one, How to maintain one.
But what do you do when the words are just not flowing and ideas are stuck in the deepest recesses of the brain.? At least not being able too get the words to flow.
My recommendation is to a take a little break from struggling with the subject and write about " Not Writing". Describe your feelings, your hesitations and or maybe even that you are just tired of writing on the subject and want to write about something else. How about that your brain is being blocked from all the expressive words you know and how at other times the ideas just seem to flow like an open faucet.
A remarkable thing happens as these new ideas just pop in your mind. Make notes about what just occurred to you. Each of these thoughts will likely become another new article, maybe even a featured post. I would bet that just reading this post will give you at least few new ideas.
If the block continues, do not despair. Get help! Go shopping, drive out to the lake or the ocean or the country side and your mind will be filled with beautiful thoughts of what you are seeing. Go to a movie or the theater. Call a friend and write a story about them. Think about your career, where you are in your life plan and where you would like to be. What's your plan to get there? What's stopping you right now from realizing your own fabulous career?
Others would love to know. These anecdotal stories are You! And as an author of your own journal, your readers would love to know who you are.
Think about your legacy. What if it all just came to an end, what will you be leaving behind. How many lives have you touched that will have gained from the experience of knowing you. What will your legacy be. (Thank You Woo Hoo Sally for this great idea).
Think about the beauty of all life as it surrounds you. It is always of interest to your readers what you think about, what you dream about, maybe even to your clients to know how you think and what values you have. What drives you?
So when you feel "Brain Dead " and just can't get passed the No-Pass Zone of "Writer's Block", it is time to change your focus. You will be amazed at what comes into your brain and if you will just take a few notes, just jot down a few of your thoughts, you will easily pass through that No-Pass Zone. You will soon be writing with all the zest, great insight and passion you have always had. Try it and you will come to see the many new visions and wonderful fresh new ideas for your journal that were always there and just needed the stimulus to come alive.
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