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What do you do when you need to write a blog post and are fresh out of inspiration? Be it for personal or professional reasons, sometimes you have to write something at a time when you know you're not going to produce your best copy.

First thing to do: Look around you. Is there anything that could trigger a post? If the answer is yes, do a quick brainstorming session. Draw a mind-map, cluster the idea. Do you get enough material out of it? Then don't hesitate, roll with it.

Keep an ideas file and save all random bits that might turn into a post into it. Read your notes when you feel uninspired? Does any of your idea fragments jump at you? Again, you're on to a winner here. It doesn't matter that you think you would do the topic better justice if you waited until you felt like writing. You can always come back and rewrite your blog posts.

Are there any blogs or writing websites that you enjoy? Go and check which topics they covered recently and write a response on your blog. Link to your post in the comments of the piece that inspired you.

What do you do when you don't feel like writing but have to do it anyway?
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Don't Believe in Writer's Block

January 24th 2010 12:32
The best way to overcome writer's block? Don't believe in it.

Writer's block is a myth. It's your subconscious making up reasons why you can't write:
You're not good enough, your writing sucks.
You have nothing to say.
Look, XYZ is on TV.
And so on.

If this sounds familiar to you, try this little free-writing exercise:
Open a new document or get a pen and paper. Set an egg timer / your mobile phone / a stop watch to count down five minutes (longer if you want). Start by writing the following: 'I don't believe in writer's block and I don't care if my writing sucks.' Then write down anything that crosses your mind. Don't censor your thoughts, don't analyse them. Just write them down until your time is up. If you don't want to stop then, just continue writing.

There will always be times when your writing is terrible. I've been there many times, I know it's no fun.The point of this exercise is not to write award-worthy prose. The point is to show yourself that you are not blocked and to give yourself the permission to write badly. Don't believe in writer's block and write your way out of an inspirational dry spell.
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