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By: RickMahn.com » Blog Archive » Bloggers Block?

RickMahn.com » Blog Archive » Bloggers Block? — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 15:19:50 +0000

[...] It sure is frustrating, it must be “bloggers block” that many bloggers have talked about. [...]

By: Vix

Vix — Sun, 03 Jul 2005 02:02:54 +0000

I too make a list of things I’d like to blog about just in case there’s a slowdown in the flow of news for my topic (which is incredibly niche) and I am slowly moving away from being a “news” blogger to be more opinionated rather than just aggregating news.

By: IO ERROR

IO ERROR — Sat, 02 Jul 2005 22:17:43 +0000

I have no shortage of things to write about, and I could easily make five posts a day; my challenge is finding the time! I’m not yet popular enough to make a living off blogging, though it has proven a good income supplement so far, so I have a day job. And that takes away valuable time from blogging!

By: Paloma Cruz

Paloma Cruz — Sat, 02 Jul 2005 22:05:20 +0000

So far, I haven’t come up with any effective methods of dealing with writer’s block. I look to other blogs for inspiration and, sometimes, opt for off-the-wall info as a way to jolt me out of the slump.

By: stories from a Web Junkie life » about bloggers block

stories from a Web Junkie life » about bloggers block — Sat, 02 Jul 2005 22:02:05 +0000

[...] erald’s Duncan has been guestblogging on problogger, where he recently posted “Bloggers Block” in which he writes: …sharing advice or linking to othe [...]

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 02 Jul 2005 20:46:34 +0000

The best way I’ve found to overcome blogger’s block is to go and do updates on old posts. Readers seem to like it and it allows me to go more in depth that I did in the original post.
I’m not so much a ‘news’ blogger so I’m not affected by the flood or lack of news.

By: Devin Reams

Devin Reams — Sat, 02 Jul 2005 18:17:03 +0000

Frankly, Duncan, it’s hard to think back to a post where there’s not some form of self-promotion. Don’t get me wrong, you’ve got some solid posts. But, I see you point: it really must be a challenge working the Blog Herald into every other post… :-(

By: Heat

Heat — Sat, 02 Jul 2005 15:48:16 +0000

My site is about graphic designs, it includes downloads, interviews, tutorials and more.

I always keep something for an “emergency case”, an interview, a download, or a tutorial…sometimes it ruins my (very planned) schedule, but i make sure that the blog is updated daily so i prefer ruining my planned schedule over disappointing my visitors.

Heat

By: Steve Pavlina

Steve Pavlina — Sat, 02 Jul 2005 15:43:29 +0000

I’ve overcome this problem by maintaining a list of topics to blog about and keeping it full of at least 20 ideas minimum. Most of the time I have abundant ideas and don’t need to consult the list, but when I’m drawing a blank, I pick an idea from the list to blog about, and sometimes new ideas are spawned just by scanning the list.

Whenever I get a new idea for a future blog post, I add it to the list. Currently it has 41 ideas on it.

I also made a Suggest a Topic post that generated even more ideas from my readers, and this also allowed me to rank certain ideas in order of interest.

I try to maintain a steady balance between posting and idea generation, so I always have an abundant reserve and maintain a healthy creativity fuel supply.