There you sit, pen in hand, or rather poised over the keyboard, and all you can do is stare at the screen in front of you. You want to be type, you know you should be letting the creative juices flow like a mountain spring when the snow is melting. But you can’t, you know you can’t, because you’re blocked.
Writer’s block is not a special disease or a rare occurrence. It’s something that happens to every writer and usually happens a lot. And there is absolutely only one sure cure for writer’s block and that is…. to write. True there are plenty of things you can do to inspire yourself. Go out in public and watch people. Go out in nature and let the beauty of natural surroundings inspire you. Read a new book and make notes. And so on and so forth. But the truth is that until you actual put pen to paper or finger tips to keyboard and begin writing, your writer’s block will not be “cured”. So you have to write. You must write. You cannot not write.
So how do you do this? How do you keep up writing day after day to ensure the creative juices stay flowing? One sure fire way is to start a blog. The last few years have seen a rise in the web log or blog. Blogging has gone from a hobby for the technically minded to a staple in the internet community. In fact most people using the internet these days have blogged at one time or another and many have more than one active blog going right now. Starting a blog is relatively simple and can be very lucrative if your content is relative and interesting and you spend a little time promoting your blog.
So how does blogging help you write? Think of blogging as your never-ending writing exercise. Write a new blog as often as you like. You don’t have to treat your blog as an online diary as most people do. If you are primarily a fiction writer, treat it as a place to write a series of short stories or a place to write the thoughts and feelings of one of your characters. And don’t worry about drafts. Your blog is your online source for never-ending writing exercises and writing exercises are never perfect.
If you write non-fiction think of your blog as a place to try out new ideas for articles and publications. It’s a forum for practice. And a place where you can get feedback from the online community so you know if your material is interesting and heading in the right direction or a snooze-fest.
When starting your blog you can usually choose who can and cannot make comments. Turn comments on and let people comment to get feedback from the public. Comments can help you see what you need to work on so when you return to your primary project away from the blog you will know what to focus on.
Bonnie Cox
http://anunlikelytale.com
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