Now that I am working full time preparing my posts for the week in advance has become crucial for me. When I sit down to plan my editorial calendar the first three days of the week are never to much of a problem to fill. I have a weekend recap of sorts on Monday and travel posts typically on both Tuesday and Wednesdays.The end of the week is often where I get stuck.
Sometimes I have great ideas to share or had an exciting week that I want to recap. Other times I am completely stuck and have just your average week with nothing exciting to share. When these moments of writers block happen to me I turn to a few simple tricks that often times help give me some inspiration.
1. When In Doubt List It Out
Lists on any topic can make for either a fun post, an informative post, or just a random post about whatever you want to talk about. When its hard to think of one set topic for an entire post I like to turn to lists to help get my thoughts written down without sounding to random. A list of tips, Friday Five or a list of things currently happening are some ideas of how I use lists to write a post.
2. Get Some Pinspiration
For me one of the first things I do when I am looking for inspiration for a post is to go to Pinterest. Browsing the words of wisdom section always seems to spark some creativity in me. More times than not I will find some quotes that I can really relate to at that given moment. This quote by Tina Fey inspired this post.
Using a quote I let me creativity roll and just write. Sometimes it turns into a great post, other times it turns into a post that will never be published but it never fails to get my writing mojo going. An example was my post I wrote on embracing being different and not letting it hold you back.
3. Revisit Your Past
Going through the hundreds of photos I have on my computer always reminds me of past trips and stories I want to share. Bonus, it is a great way for me to document my past before I forget them and gives me a way to reflect back on them later.
4. Use Your Pets
Azora is no stranger to Unlocking Kiki and I am never short on cute pictures to share of her. I don’t know about everybody else but I will never get over seeing adorable pictures of other bloggers pets.
5. Walk Away
Leave your computer and go off and do something else. Trying to force a post won’t make one magically happen. If you have this superpower kuddos to you! For me though when I am stuck I have to walk away and take my mind off the blog. I don’t want to write a bad post just to write something but usually when I take a break an idea will come to me.
6. GIF Around
If I need to spice up a post I tend to turn to gifs. Usually what starts out as a search for just one gif turns into an hour browsing all the different gifs and laughing at them. I always find it to hard to pick one and often when I see a gif with a favorite line it sparks an idea of something I want to write about. Either way gifs are just fun and you should add them to your post, end of story.
I have only been blogging for a few months so I am no expert on this kind of thing but these simple tips have helped me overcome writers block on several occasions. For more ideas of ways to overcome writers block check out Rachel’s post, I know I have a few times!
Question of the Day?
How do you overcome writers block? What tricks and tips do you have?
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