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I know that most of you suffer from this problem of wanting to write more per week yet do maximum 2 articles since it was something that happened to me when I was starting too.
I thought the only moments that I should write were when I had a good idea or when I was feeling “inspired” which was something stupid to think about, let alone do.
It turns out that you don’t have to be “inspired” to actually be writing, most of the ideas people have for their blogs come from their day to day life or by simply sitting in front their keyboard and letting their imagination flow, let me talk a bit more about both of them.
Day to day ideas
People think that all of the ideas others have are purely from a creative perspective when in reality most of them come as a past experience or a simple event that happened in their day that led them to create a piece of content.
This is why I feel that living your life and exploring is crucial to have a fresh take on the world and your own life.
How are you planning to talk about love and relationships if you haven’t been in one? (for example)
Go out for a walk from time to time, talk with your friends and with new people too! You will never know where all of that will take you.
A good article idea can come out of nowhere basically so why not go out and see what you find?
Go to a museum and write about how you met an artist that shared their perspective on the paintings.
Go out and talk to somebody that you find attractive and then write about how you were scared shitless yet you went head first and now are planning to go out with her (or him whichever you are into)
The options are endless and there for the taking, we simply have to be willing to experience them!
Sitting in front of the keyboard
This is another way of doing it. I like this one as much as the one before since it creates something entirely different.
You are writing solely on what you feel that other people will be interested of knowing and on your creative side.
I don’t know why other writers don’t use this tactic more often since it helps narrow down on what you would actually want to write instead of getting an idea based on your life.
Don’t get me wrong, using your past experiences is an amazing way to make articles but if your day was in a cubicle and then to your house then I don’t think that you will be able to create a compelling article talking about photography unless you do it after you finish work.
Now, if you want to do the same article talking about photography but sit in front of your computer and think about something that other photographers need or could use in their work or hobby then it would be more beneficial for you and ultimately your whole audience.
That is the power of thinking of what to write while being in front of your computer.
A tip I can give you is to come up with ideas for content while you aren’t doing anything and then write them down somewhere (Evernote for example)
This gives you some content ideas to work with but that aren’t fully related to your day to day life. This is still something you can absolutely use for the Day to day ideas mentioned above too since we are humans after all so we tend to forget even the most important things in life!
Getting to know your creative side even when you don’t have inspiration is amazing to work on since it’s basically what you will be doing if you want to write at least 5 articles every week.
For example this article came to me out of nowhere when looking at the “write your story…”
I asked myself, “Why don’t writers publish as much as they want?”
This is a question that I could have talked about in a more direct manner like talking about that writers make articles yet never publish them or never finish editing them (which is true, but I have talked a lot of this) so I preferred to share a fresh perspective of the matter at hand.
Never underestimate the small ideas that float in your head, they could be your next big post waiting for you to write them!
Much love to every single one of you!
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This post was previously published on www.medium.com and is republished here with permission from the author.
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