What To Do When You Have Nothing To Write About

They say every great writer experiences writer’s block…well; I’m not a great writer.  I enjoy writing and I see it as a creative outlet for my brain to dump out its contents.  However, sometimes it’s content is empty and I cannot think of anything to write about.  That is my writer’s block.  It seems to happen more often when I am feeling stressed or approaching a potential burn out.  I have to admit that I place a bit of added anxiety on myself by stressing about not having anything to write about.  Today has been one of those days and I decided to turn to my favorite source for inspiration, motivation and ideas:  the Internet.

Here are some helpful tips to get past writer’s block that I found from around the web:

“7 Ways To Overcome Writer’s Block”, by Chuck Sambuchino
Notable tip:  Write while you are sleeping by using your mind’s night activity to problem solve a writing solution.

“Writing Tips:  Strategies for Overcoming Writer’s Block,” The University of Illinois – The Center for Writing Studies
Notable tip:  Try freewriting, a method of writing everything about your topic that comes to your brain for a specified period of time.  Try doing this for 10 minutes.

“How to Get Past the 10 Most Debilitating Sources of Writer’s Block,” by Corey Eridon
Notable tip:  If you are not in the mood to write, try creating a bit of competition for yourself with the laptop trick.  Unplug and move into a room free of distractions with just the laptop and its battery pack.  Your challenge is to finish writing your post before your battery runs out.

I thought that these three articles had some great tips on working past my writer’s block.  It would help if I could get myself to relax a bit more and release some of this stress, but I’m working on that element.  In the meantime, it gave me some great fodder to write this post and excellent strategies to use when I sit down again to write. 🙂