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When Writer’s Block Coming to You

I am completely empty of idea, no inspirations at all, my blog is endanger” … the writer’s block coming at me!

Have you ever feel that way? Stuck, with no clue on what you should write for your next blog post?

Well, I am in that situation this week, I am suddenly don’t know what to write anymore because I want to make something different, something that no one else write about it, and something that completely new.

If you ever feel the same way, then you should read this post 🙂

So what exactly I do to overcome my writer’s block?

Overcome Writer’s Block : Know Your Weakness

As I stated before, I just realize why writer’s block come at me. Here is why :

  1. I push myself too hard. I want to create something great (different and completely new);
  2. I don’t realize my own weakness. I am a part-time blogger, and I am exhausted with my 9-5 habits.

After knowing those reasons on why I am having a writer’s block, now I feel a little bit easier to handle my situation. When you have reached this stage, that mean you are ready to the next step of making more blog post.

Overcome Writer’s Block? You Can Beat it, Trust Yourself!

The first thing come up on my head is go for Google Search. Just type “ how to overcome writer’s block”.

I found the two top articles about writer’s block:

  1. How To Overcome Writer’s Block – 15 Tips
  2. Top 10 Tips for Overcoming Writer’s Block

Then, I am reading those two articles as my inspirations and I suddenly realizing that this is not a new thing. Adam Singer from the futurebuzz (the first article) have written about writer’s block in 2008.

So, writer’s block is a pre-historic problem for a writer. As a blogger, I am writer too, right? Even though writer’s block is not a new problem but I am sure every blogger will have this moment ( at least I learned from my own situation).

What Can You Do to Overcome Writer’s Block?

  1. Look for someone else experience’s on writer’s block;
  2. Look at what tips of writer’s block solution that work best on you.

Reading how other bloggers facing writer’s block is great ways to develop more strength inside you to overcome writer’s block. You will feel that you are not alone, then you will believe if someone else can master writer’s block why can’t you?

Overcome Writer’s Block : Know What Work Best on You

Having believe that you can do it, then how you overcome your writer’s block is essential …. you will have more confidence in the future after you pass through it. So, let me share the step by step writer’s block tips that work best on me :

  1. Make your problem as your story for the next post;
  2. Find how someone else overcome that problem. I believe you are not the only one who have that problem, just check on search engine;
  3. Take a break, must be you are exhausted after working so hard;
  4. Take a look at your article data base (there must be new idea after you read it again);
  5. If you don’t have any article data base, then do blog walking (or blog commenting) to search inspirations;
  6. Write whatever your idea is;
  7. Don’t worry too much, chill out, and keep writing.

The most common problem of writer’s block is it never come only one times, it may come several times during your blogging experience’s. If this happen to you then you can skip step number 1 and 2 above and start from number 3 until 7.

That’s my story to overcome writer’s block, what’s yours? I would be more than happy to hear your experience’s, please leave some comments below

14 replies on “When Writer’s Block Coming to You”

Writers blocks happens to be the best of us. Its one of those things that happens all the time. I think the best thing is to do nothing at all. The best ideas comes just like that.

Yup, sometime take rest and do what you like is the best solution

If you are undergoing writer’s block, I guess the best thing to do is to take a break. Great ideas start to flow in once your mind and body is relaxed and recharged. How you relax yourself is up to you, by reading a book, spending time with your family, watching TV, or just taking a nap.
Thanks for sharing the tips on how to overcome writer’s block!

Hi Felicia,
I agree with you Felicia. Just make yourself relax, no matter what it is. Just outside the writing and blogging things 🙂

Writer’s block has hit me so much for one of my blogs that I am thinking of closing it down. But I suppose reading other blogs is a good way to generate ideas.

Hi Shalu,
Thanks for keep coming :).
I believe it is. But don’t push yourself too hard in blogwalking, if your mind exhausted that seems to be useless, because sometime if we have enough rest for our mind any information we’ve got will be easily turn into something worthy. So, take a break for a while and do other stuff for refreshment. If we feel ready, then come back to our blog and write again. That works for me.

Thanks

Most writers will have trouble with writer’s block at some point in their lives. The possible reasons for writer’s block are myriad: fear, anxiety, a life change, the end of a project, the beginning of a project almost anything, it seems, can cause that debilitating feeling of fear and frustration. Some writers find it helpful to switch back and forth from one project to another. Whether this minimizes fear or boredom, or both, it seems to prevent writer’s block for many people.

When you have writer’s block, no ideas spring to mind when you are writing and you are stuck for what to write. Understand that writer’s block is easy to overcome, and there are many ways to get over it. Do not stoop to the idea that you will never write again.

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