To be successful online and in life you need to be able to write quickly and coherently. The faster you can get content out, the sooner you will have a following, and the greater your success will be. However, writer's block remains one of the largest problems faced by new and experienced writers alike.
While many problems face the new writer, the worst of all these has no regard for age or experience. It is writer's block. As a writer you have been faithful, you have disregarded the distractions that tempted you, and you have sat down at your desk to write. However, minutes have ticked by and there is absolutely nothing coming out. Your mind almost hums with its own silence.
But it's not fair. Only a few days ago you had a million ideas about what to write. You weren't near your computer, admittedly, but they were bubbling in your head and each seemed to be even better than the last. So why have you lost it all now?
It usually comes down to two key problems: fear and being drained.
The latter of these happens quite frequently if you are not prepared, but is easily remedied. You have tried to demand too much from your inner-self who has become starved and run off. It is just a matter of turning away from your computer, getting up and focusing on something else until your shy inner-self creeps out and starts spinning the gold again. When it is happily in a rhythm, then you can run back to your keyboard and start typing away as furiously as you can.
Fear, on the other hand, is much harder to fight. It is not brave, it won't meet you on an equal playing field where you can demand that it show itself and you can tackle it to the ground. It isn't even polite enough to disappear when you ignore it. Instead, it just grows greater and greater. The longer you sit at your computer with nothing happening, the more power your fear collects. Evil, huh?
Well banish all of these, for there is one solution to deal with nearly all these problems. It is possible to continue working, to lead a productive and happy writing life. All you need is: someone else to blame!
What would life be like if your success but more importantly your failure was someone else's fault? If you could look the critics in the eye and shrug saying 'Hey, I only work here, they are the ones to blame.'
Too good to be true? Never. It is a time tested practice that has been used for millenia. It is The Muse. A muse is not just some scantily clad woman that you get to sleep with if you are a good boy and get all your writing done. It is the supernatural being that granted you inspiration, or not. So all that was required of you was to sit down and write. Your muse would do all the rest.
You too can capture this freedom and power. All you need to do is find your muse. Don't make it a real person, as that is unfair. However, movie stars work quite well, as of course they want to help you succeed and inspire you. As long as you never actually meet them in person. Divine and mystical beings are also good choices, as they naturally have access to the storehouse of inspiration and would be happy to share it with you for a bit of the recognition.
Wherever you find your muse, just keep in mind one thing: all you have to do is turn up and write, everything else is their responsibility. Just knowing this is usually enough to get rid of your writer's block.
While many problems face the new writer, the worst of all these has no regard for age or experience. It is writer's block. As a writer you have been faithful, you have disregarded the distractions that tempted you, and you have sat down at your desk to write. However, minutes have ticked by and there is absolutely nothing coming out. Your mind almost hums with its own silence.
But it's not fair. Only a few days ago you had a million ideas about what to write. You weren't near your computer, admittedly, but they were bubbling in your head and each seemed to be even better than the last. So why have you lost it all now?
It usually comes down to two key problems: fear and being drained.
The latter of these happens quite frequently if you are not prepared, but is easily remedied. You have tried to demand too much from your inner-self who has become starved and run off. It is just a matter of turning away from your computer, getting up and focusing on something else until your shy inner-self creeps out and starts spinning the gold again. When it is happily in a rhythm, then you can run back to your keyboard and start typing away as furiously as you can.
Fear, on the other hand, is much harder to fight. It is not brave, it won't meet you on an equal playing field where you can demand that it show itself and you can tackle it to the ground. It isn't even polite enough to disappear when you ignore it. Instead, it just grows greater and greater. The longer you sit at your computer with nothing happening, the more power your fear collects. Evil, huh?
Well banish all of these, for there is one solution to deal with nearly all these problems. It is possible to continue working, to lead a productive and happy writing life. All you need is: someone else to blame!
What would life be like if your success but more importantly your failure was someone else's fault? If you could look the critics in the eye and shrug saying 'Hey, I only work here, they are the ones to blame.'
Too good to be true? Never. It is a time tested practice that has been used for millenia. It is The Muse. A muse is not just some scantily clad woman that you get to sleep with if you are a good boy and get all your writing done. It is the supernatural being that granted you inspiration, or not. So all that was required of you was to sit down and write. Your muse would do all the rest.
You too can capture this freedom and power. All you need to do is find your muse. Don't make it a real person, as that is unfair. However, movie stars work quite well, as of course they want to help you succeed and inspire you. As long as you never actually meet them in person. Divine and mystical beings are also good choices, as they naturally have access to the storehouse of inspiration and would be happy to share it with you for a bit of the recognition.
Wherever you find your muse, just keep in mind one thing: all you have to do is turn up and write, everything else is their responsibility. Just knowing this is usually enough to get rid of your writer's block.
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