What Would You Do When You Can't Think of Anything To Write?
March 31: 7:00 AM
I have some topics to write about. However, I can't seem to get some thoughts as to their content. I'd like to write about:
Insurance
Discipline
The Summer Heat
How Bitcoin Cash helped me financially
And a few more.
Yes, I have the topics, but I can't think of the content.
Greetings, my wonderful readers and co-writers on this wonderful platform. How are doing today? For a moment I thought I'm getting writer's block once again. This is quite normal to writers and happens even to the most acclaimed writers.
The question is, what do you do when you stumbled upon a moment of writer's block? I will share with you my thoughts on this.
What You Should Never Do.
A writer's block comes to a writer once in a while. It can happen to anybody, even to the most accomplished and best-selling authors. However, some writers for paying platforms like read. cash, hive, and others tend to do something both unethical and illegal just to post an article a day... PLAGIARIZE.
I think @lucystephanie mentioned this in one of her articles a few months ago. Some members would copy the content, in part or whole, from various sources and run them through an article spinner (re-writer) and post them as their own. That is plagiarism, which is unethical and now considered illegal in some countries.
So, if you get writer's block, NEVER PLAGIARIZE. Instead, do some of the following.
READ More
I admire @usagi in her effort to read as many articles as she can in read.cash. Then she makes sure to leave some comments. That's one way to gain new subscribers here. Besides reading some articles might give you a spark of inspiration to write. You might get a topic to write about.
Then again, do not plagiarize. What you can do is, you can write your reaction to the content of that article.
You can also read the news and write your reaction to what you have read.
How about reading a book and writing a review?
Watch a Video
Watch an episode of your favorite TV show, movie, or documentary. Again you can write your reaction or a review.
Go places and relax.
Last week we went to a neighboring province and had some fun there. After we returned, wrote a couple of articles about our trip.
Read:
However, you don't need to go to a far place. Perhaps, just go to a nearby place and grab some fresh air.
Walk Around
I often walk around wh I'm doing some thinking. I believe since walking gets the blood circulating, my brain gets more oxygen and gets working.
Spend some time with your hobbies aside from writing.
Get your mind off writing for a while, do something else that you love to do. Do some gardening, explore new recipes if you love to cook. Spend some time with your pet crocodile. Just don't feed it with your hands.
Sometimes we need to get our minds off writing. Don't pressure yourself. Sometimes, if we force ourselves to write, the harder it is for us to come up with something to write about.
Lastly, Just Write.
As they have said, if you can't go through an obstacle, go around it. As I have mentioned earlier, I wanted to write about different things but I can't even start writing about any of them. So, I started writing about what I am experiencing now and composed a whole new article in a little more than thirty minutes.
In Closing
Having writer's block is normal. Don't worry about it. If you learn how to get around it, you will get past it in no time. Just a note though. Everything here is based on my personal experience only.
Live a productive life.
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Thank you for this guide. I frequently fall into this situation where I have a topic at hand but can't think of a good way to start it. Most times, I keep my mind off the topic and read other articles. I discovered that I find writing to be easier when prompted to write compared to having a topic saved. However, I do have a lot of topics waiting to be explored.