It happens to the best of them and it will happen to you: writer's block. That complete brain breakdown that just prevents anything creative from come to light as you tap away at keys. It feels aimless, it feels unproductive and sometimes it can feel like you failed a little bit. Check out the back-log of this blog, its been a few days. To say that I am right there with you is an understatement. So today, we talk about breaking down the creative walls and rediscovering the content that will keep them coming back.
Talk Out-loud
This one sounds straight up crazy (especially to anyone within earshot) but just talk out-loud. Let the sound of your own voice be the driver of some creative energy. When you are discussing your ideas out-loud you process them differently. This one simple practice is always my first go-to when I am stuck in a creative rut.
Get Real with Yourself
Are you frustrated about something else that is keeping your brainwaves preoccupied? Let that out. Curse a little, go for a walk, hell, go for a run. Do something to bust up your routine.. break free!
Walk Away from the Keyboard
Another tactic that can get the creative juices flowing is switching mediums. In stead of focusing on your keyboard and computer screen, get outside and take a notebook. Put your iPhone on speech recognition and talk to your notes app. Give yourself an alternative means to let the content pour out of you, sometimes that is all that it takes to get back into your groove.
Throw Caution to the Wind
Are you writing for your readers? Carefully following your marketing editorial calendar? Screw it! Just write what feels right. Get crazy, be funny, be weird, be you. Don't feel harnessed into something that doesn't jive, the calendar will be there tomorrow. Let the content happen and you'll be surprised at how much better your results are.
Borrow from the Best
Need to get some ideas from others to be inspired? Sift through some awesome posts by other people. See a little something that wasn't fleshed out to its potential elsewhere... accept the challenge! Don't plagiarize, but seek inspiration from your industry peers.
Don't Believe in Writer's Block
The worst part of writer's block is its ability to get perpetually worse as soon as you acknowledge it. I am no innocent here, my blog posts of late have been sparse and it hasn't been for lack of effort. So don't let it get you down, in fact, don't even recognize that it has reared its ugly head. When you refuse to believe in it you are a step closer to making that next great post that will work to earn you business.
Feeling drained of ideas is completely normal when it comes to creative writing. It happens all the time. Our team of content developers have endless ways to keep the creative juices flowing to deliver the best content to our clients. If you want to skip the hassle of blog topic ideation all together, just leave it to the experts at H&C Inc.