Writers block is a common term in the writing and publishing community. Bloggers block is basically the same premise just with blogging instead of writing (paper and pencil book style). Since blogging is generally a little easier than writing a full book overcoming bloggers block is equally a little easier.

For me, it happens after about 10-12 posts per day. I don’t know what else I want to write about and begin to slow down. Instead of my posts taking 10 minutes they begin taking 20-30 minutes each. When your goal is 20 posts per day, you don’t have time for 30 minutes per post!

Here are a few great tips from Liz about overcoming writers block.

  • Get out of your head and away from your computer. Ideas form and grow in our subconscious — quit thinking. The harder we try to access ideas the less likely we are to get through.
  • Get moving. Physical movement — walking, taking a shower, unpacking boxes, cleaning the refrigerator — gets our thinking mildly distracted by tasks we know how to do. That releases our subconscious — the proverbial back burner — to use the information we already have to think something new.
  • Get some input. Call a friend. Read a book. Go to a movie. Immerse yourself in something rich with thoughts, story, and color. Leave the quest for ideas back with your computer.
  • Get some perspective. Go back to read your archives, even if your blog is only one month old. You’ll see how you’ve grown and while you’re reading, you’ll remember what sort of ideas draw you in.
  • Get some sleep. Take a 20-minute power nap. Don’t sleep longer. It’s not an escape. It’s a task. Before you close your eyes, ask yourself to have a passel of ideas when you awake.

Great ideas and should definitely help. There are about a million other ways to overcome writers block and everyone seems to have great input on the subject of overcoming writers block.

Good luck with writers block.  Don’t forget to do things you normally don’t do, just as Liz suggested!

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