Comments on: Battling Bloggers Block – Change your Blogging Environment

By: Ian's Messy Desk

Ian's Messy Desk — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 18:59:28 +0000

Battling Bloggers Block

Darren has completed his series of tips of overcoming bloggers block. From Blog Tip 1. Change your Blogging Environment to Blog Tip 25. Mind Maps, there’s a wealth of information here. Even if you’re not battling blogger’s block, ther…

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Blog tips - Battling Bloggers Block · The Qwertyrash Blogs — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 13:14:30 +0000

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By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 13:12:56 +0000

I like the cafe option.

I regulary take my ThinkPad (love the IBM) to a cafe or restaraunt, enjoy the coffee and food while surfing or doing research and work on my laptop.

If they don’t have wireless I just plug in my GPRS modem.

Just have to be careful you don’t spill any beer on the laptop.

By: james

james — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 06:13:16 +0000

I find that there are some days when I feel more inspired and creative about blogging than others. I try to take advantage of them by spending a half hour or so jotting down the sudden flurry of clever post ideas that suddenly burst out of my subconscious. I keep that list (currently about 40 items) for those moments when I’m completely at wits end about what to post next.

To make sure I don’t lose my scribbles, I use a free web start page called Protopage (www.protopage.com) to capture and categorize my ideas and keep lists of links. The great thing about it is that it’s web-based, so I’m not tied to a single machine for posting or brainstorming.

By: ChrisH

ChrisH — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 05:37:33 +0000

All of the above, plus if I’m really struggling, then sitting up in bed works best for me – though you do need a laptop. I figure it’s the ‘get comfortable principle’

By: EngLee

EngLee — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 03:45:08 +0000

I might want to apply your idea if I’ve blogger’s block in the future. For now, my main concern is that I don’t have enough time to blog!

By: IO ERROR

IO ERROR — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 02:00:47 +0000

I find there’s nothing like sitting in the middle of a good old-fashioned street riot and talking to the TV news crews to get the blogging juices flowing. (It’s apparently a local Halloween tradition.)

Failing that, I prefer to find a nice quiet location, shut off the IM, close Thunderbird, crank up some hard industrial music, and go for it.

Oh, and net cafes are great, even though I do have broadband, just for a change of pace, and because they make the coffee for me.

By: Paula Gregorowicz

Paula Gregorowicz — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 01:08:57 +0000

Hi Darren,

Great ideas…….they are very applicable to lots of different endeavors that require some creativity (writing in all forms, speaking, artistic work, strategic business thinking).

By: Stuart

Stuart — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 00:30:06 +0000

A PDA down by the beach here in Hervey Bay works for me :)

By: Brad

Brad — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 00:06:56 +0000

Great ideas! I might try a couple of them just to take blogging to a new level!