One of the most crucial elements of successful blogging is consistent writing over time. If more than a few days go by without some up to date writing, readers will slowly and surely stop checking your blog. Yet even the most prolific and creative mind has writer’s block and dry spells where nothing comes out. The following list provides some suggestions for days when bringing your creative energy out seems to lead nowhere.
Share your thoughts on a current topic. Browse through the top five article or news links on your blog and find a recent topic that you have some ideas regarding. Read a paragraph or sentence, then put your thoughts down in writing. Do not edit your thoughts until you are done.
Freewriting. Think of a topic. Write five to ten words down regarding it. Then write for ten minutes without stopping. Don’t stop for spelling, grammar, or embarrassment. If you become stuck and can’t think of any words, simply write how stuck you feel. The entire object is to take down the mental resistance to your thoughts. This is an excellent exercise to help writers express themselves without editing everything they come up with. It often produces natural and raw statements that are five times more effective at reaching a reader.
Research writing. Take another article or piece of background information and set it next to your keyboard. As you browse over it, simply write whatever ideas you have. At the end of every line of reading, ask a question to yourself regarding that line and then write about it. When you are done, read back through your statements and build off of the ones that have merit.
Write to someone you know. Select a topic and then write about it as if it was going to be read by a specific individual. By combining a natural understanding of them, this exercise helps explain topics in a basic and clear way. It provides ideal results if you know someone who relates to the actual target audience you are writing for.
Invisible writing. Reach up to your monitor and turn it off or set a magazine in front of it. Begin typing and don’t worry about typos. The human brain attempts to interpret a lot of what we see in front of us and it can be very distracting to your creativity if you are subconsciously worried about phrasing or grammar.
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