Writer's Block Inspired a Great Song!

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Between contacting the flu bug (taking me down) and falling into a dry spell from blogging due to a lack of writing inspiration and inactivity, you may have noticed I just have not been my usual self here in almost two weeks.

I have gone through a dry period of blogging we refer to as writer's block. A side effect of this is that my ranking has dropped. But there is a silver lining for every dark cloud Ladies and Gents.

My writer's block inspired a great song!

Create Great Content from Writer's Block

Yes, you can indeed create great content from writer's block, and flip that negative into a positive.

Rationalize such down-spiraling as we may. It often goes something like this.

We involuntarily get sick (like in my case) or we get busy elsewhere in life, which causes us to lose energy. This lack of energy often stops us in dead in our tracks, or at the least creates a distraction, which contributes toward a loss of focus in our writing. Such lack of focus makes us lose momentum, and very soon we are in deep.

Often writers first need to hit rock bottom before they can produce content again. This can take a longer period of time.

However, there is a much better way, a method I use for turning every downside into an upside.

How did I do it?

Focus Your Attention Elsewhere

I turned my focus of attention elsewhere.

In my case, I accomplished something I hadn't done in quite a while: my lack of inspiration toward blogging translated into writing a great song!

And it's a song I can be proud of that is also highly marketable.

Place your focus on something fun and creative you haven’t done in a while. For me it was about taking out my guitar while in bed, and working out a great original song.

Both musically and lyrically.

For you, it might be writing in a different medium, taking up a fun arts and crafts project, crocheting, playing or coaching a sport, doing community service, or any other creative endeavor that you enjoy, or once used to enjoy.

The Morale: When you lose focus, focus on something new and refreshing.

7 Tips to Mitigate Writer’s Block

So here is one great lesson folks, if you ever have writers block for blogging, here are my 7 tips:

Focus your creative attention away from blogging
Write about your writers block
Write about what you gained (or lost) by having writers block
Turn your writers block into a song, a visual work, or another beautiful creation
Use your time while in writers block to conduct valuable research in your niche toward collecting valuable future content
Work on your websites and increasing your content marketing knowledge
Do something completely unrelated and FUN that can be useful in the future

Go back and make a habit of completing these 7 tips, you will feel a renewed and refocused energy, and will be on well on your way out of writer’s block.

I hope you found my own story of dealing with writers block and 7 tips useful, and will use them as a way to mitigate the negative effects of writers block.

Please feel free to comment, as they are always welcomed.

Cheers,

Kaju