Elaine Ramos recently offered some excellent suggestions on how to combat “blogger’s block.” I’d like to follow up on her idea by offering ways to prevent it before it happens.
Being stranded without an idea in your head happens to every writer. You can even plan it into your writing schedule:
12:00 – 12:30: Experience writer’s block. Despair.
But don’t forget to write the next part:
12:30 – 1:30: Rummage through my ideas folder until I find something useful.
You can actually plan for such blank-outs, as it happens. Many writers often keep files of…
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Have you ever heard of “Blogger’s Block?”
Well, that’s the term that I always use whenever I get spaced out before writing a blog entry. This is the same as writer’s block, the only difference is that I experience it in blogging.
I have different ways of coping when it comes to Blogger’s block. Here are some helpful tips when I find myself in a corner (literally) when blogging:
a. RSS - Ah! The joys of RSS. If ever I find myself really drained with wonderful ideas, I always turn to my RSS…
Many of you find the transition to working at home very difficult, understandably. There is a lot of risk in quitting your job to sit in front of the computer for fourteen hours a day. I know, because I have done it myself. I spent twelve years of my life working construction and building maintenance, knowing the entire time it was not what I wanted to do.
Now days I make my living working from home as a freelance writer and blogger for several blogs as well as my own projects(my…
What started as a way to update your friends on your life has spiraled out of control. Suddenly, strangers are finding your site and commenting. You’re popping up on Google searches. People know who you are! And, as you know, with increased notoriety comes increased hatred from random strangers.
Obviously, you don’t want to write anything libelous. But apart from that, at what point do you need to start bowing to public opinion? When you’re trying to decide whether to take down or modify a post, consider these factors:
Shame
The internet is…