Writer's Block Is A Myth - Never Fall Prey To It Again
My 6 strategies will help you become a content-churning machine
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Writer’s block — what a fancy (and romanticized) term.
Utter the phrase once and the entire writing community gushes with wistful sympathy.
But ironically, writer’s block isn’t even a thing — every successful writer will agree. It’s an insidious lie invented to help the novice and unserious writers “cope”
But the fact that you’re a subscriber of The Write Way shows that you’re serious about your craft — so none of that “coping” for us!
Having gone through my fair share of “writer’s block” (and lost sleep over it) in my early days, I’ve learned things the hard way.
To help you avoid the pain, I’ll distill everything I’ve learned into 6 highly-actionable tips.
1. View Your Life Through “The Writer’s Eye”
Since becoming a writer, my world-lens has become the constant question, “Can I write about this?”
Life experiences, new beginnings, events witnessed, tragedy, encounters with strangers, happenings, random thoughts, family banter, phone conversations, shower thoughts— it’s all content.
Everything and anything is content.
Unless you’re literally living under a rock, you’ll always have stories to weave into your writing — you only have to keep an eye open.
What might be “mundane” to you can offer a wealth of insight for your readers.
2. Never Start with An Empty Draft
The empty draft is every writer’s biggest nightmare — writing, rewriting, ruminating, canceling it all, tearing your hair out, and slamming shut your laptop in frustration.
Never start with an empty draft. Never. Ever.
You need to have at least a working title in mind before you start — that’s the bare minimum.
As I outline in my checklist, the optimal strategy is to prepare “skeleton drafts” — a working title, intro idea, rough section headers, a loose idea of the article’s flow, and a way to conclude.