There are really times when we can't bring ourselves to write. Sometimes, we can't squeeze any ideas to talk about, and in some situations, we have lots of topics in mind, but can't just find a motivation to write about these.
I am not a stranger to these instances, and it's evident on how I miss a day or two, or even three days straight in publishing articles. Even I want to be consistent, my brain, and my overall writing condition at certain times won't allow me.
There are also times when one has the motivation, time, and all the ideas combined, but he/she has no time to write it. And that's okay. We can now stop forcing ourselves to write when it's really impossible. But I learned here that as long as you can, as long as there's still a ways to, just write.
Not everyone like us has the opportunity to write, and earn at the same time. Others just don't have the passion, or maybe the needed skills to be a writer, and some unfortunately do not discover writing platforms like these yet (that's why we should do our best onboarding people here) so just knowing this fact alone can always remind us that we are lucky to be writers in this site, and others, if you are.
So, what do I do when I ran out of ideas or will to write? I am sharing it to you today. We may or may not have the same strategies, but if these will help you, I'll be glad.
Look for possible topics on the Internet.
This applies when I just could not find anything in my mind to write about. The topic ideas are so many that it overwhelms my brain and I could not handle it, so in the end, I can't write about a single topic.
So, I look for blogging ideas on internet. Not to plagiarise, but to search for suggested themes for a blog. I did this in my article last time "Let's Do This!" where I found in the internet that I could talk about things I wanted to do.
Participate in the writing challenges or prompts.
Thanks to other amazing writers here, we are saved the trouble of thinking of a topic to write. Through these prompts and challenges they create, we can explore our minds about what we think of that particular subject. Moreover, we can also read different views from different writers. Personally, it makes my writing and reading experience fun.
Some of the challenges I remember I joined are "When I was a Kid Challenge", "Never Did I Have Challenge" and prompts by Miss JonicaBradley here in her own community (join now, y'all!) which is PromptlyJonica, where she publishes a new prompt every week. It's actually popular here, even if I don't promote it. (Haha!)
And a tip! Just type #PromptFactory on the search bar, and you can see some genius suggestions that you can write about. Thanks to another fellow writer here, meitanteikudo.
Personally, I still have lots of backlogs regarding my fellow-writers invitations to me, and it's just all listed on my notebook. I don't forget but I just can't put my mind to it when I have new ideas to still write about. I will have those pending challenges when I really can.
Drafts may help.
Someone recommended to me that I can publish one article a day, and save drafts that I could just use on days that I could not write anything. He's right. There are days when we are like superbrains, and we can write about four to five articles a day, bit of course, DO NOT publish all of them, because Rusty would think you're suspicious.
Those times are the best opportunities to save them, and use them in the tough times, times when we can't make it.
I hve lots of drafts right now, but sadly, they are all messy and would still need some revising. (LOL) So make sure you got right drafts that are eligible to be published without much trouble. Trust me, this helps!
Read, and read. And read.
This has to be the most used tips to be a creative writer. Reading various materials do not just help with building good grammar and vocabulary skills, but also aids in creativity. Through reading alone, we get familiar to different words that helps us increase quality of our works.
Whemever I read, I also get these thoughts like "Maybe I could write about this, too." or "I love this one! Let me share my ideas on this!" and more. Reading as a habit helps us to write better. As what Mr. Bjorn said, "Be A Voracious Reader".
Write Reviews.
Have you watched a remarkable movie? Or watch a nice Korean Drama? Or maybe read an amazing book that you can't move on about?
You can share your thoughts on these. Rate it as how you want it to be, share the emotions you felt, the criticisms, if you must, and the reasons why someone must check it out, or not.
Indirectly, I made reviews in my precious articles, about the drama I watched. You can also check out other writers here who makes reviews as their topics of articles.
Now, those are just some of my own tips when I want to consistently post an article. Remember that it may or may not work to everyone, feel free to do and apply what you think could be best for you. For additional tips (that surely works!) I always ask for God's help whenever I am writing. Out of ideas or not, this activity helps me so much. Good thing you read up to here, so you know the best (and not so secret) tip. Congratulations!
I have linked some of my (and others that I am shy to mention) articles as samples above, and I hope you'll come visit those, and leave a "Hi." (laughs.)
I am not an ideal writer that publishes the best contents here, but I can assure I always do my best whenever I write. I hope what I presented will be helpful to all of you.
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Thanks for creating this article, out of all your writing tip, asking God for help is what I love most. Indeed whenever we are having a hard time, He is there to guide us.😊