HOW TO OVERCOME WRITER'S BLOCK

by Sassy Cebuana - 02 March

Facing your computer, trying to come up with something that you've been thinking to blog about the past few days but when you started typing, all of a sudden the ideas that have been sitting on your mind had completely gone. Does this sound familiar to you? This is the most common problems to every bloggers, "the writer's block". One of the ultimate reason why I am MIA most of the time. How do I overcome it? I always make sure that if I can't come up with something and if my head is completely messed up I simply stop typing and logged out. "Never force yourself" to write something when this happens, it will only cause you headache and a messed up article. We don't want that to happen right?

Here are the things I usually do to overcome it:

CLEAR OUT YOUR MIND - I take a break from the online world, once in a while we needed to breathe fresh air and relax. Listen to music or treat yourself a massage or simply have a walk outside.
DO WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY - Sometimes when we're too focused into something we forget to do the things we used to do. I'm talking about the real world, Eat out! Bond with friends again, treat yourself with something that you've been craving for, this helps me a lot. When I'm happy everything else's follows. Ideas simply popped out.
FIND AN INSPIRATION - Sometimes reading other blogs will motivate us and gives us ideas on what to blog next but the best thing to do is to explore the outside world.
WORK NOW! - If the ideas are fresh in your head go ahead and write. It's easier to write something when the ideas are fresh, why do it later if you can do it now?
ALWAYS BRING A PEN AND A PAPER WITH YOU - If you have ideas on your mind while you're outside or while sipping your coffee write it down. It's much easier to blog something when you have prepared a draft of it.

Those were just my simple ways of overcoming writer's block. If all else fail, which I doubt, ask yourself this question "Why did I start blogging?". What made me decide to create a blog? What are the things I love about blogging? from there you'll be motivated to create a post. Write all the answers and publish it.

How about you? What are the things you usually do to overcome writer's block? Let me know in the comments below. Happy Blogging!