Written on November 24th, 2005 at 01:11 pm by Darren Rowse
Flip an Idea – Beating Bloggers Block
8. Flip an Idea
Sometimes I get stuck on an idea because I’ve only ever looked at it from one angle. What about tackling it from another direction? Flip it!
One of the most memorable discussions I’ve ever participated in here at ProBlogger was the day I asked ‘What’s Wrong with Blogging?‘
What I didn’t write on that post was that the idea actually came to me on a day when I was trying to write a post on the topic of ‘What’s Good about Blogging?’ Sometimes when we flip an idea and start arguing a case that we don’t agree with we learn a lot and find new inspiration.
Another time I flipped an idea was back in March when I ran my first annual ProBlogger Underblogger Awards. Again the idea started as a normal Awards post but flipping it to be an award with a twist took it to a more unique place.
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8 Responses to “Flip an Idea – Beating Bloggers Block” - Add Yours
Phillip Molly Malone
November 24th, 2005 1:49 pm
Slightly OT- Whats going on? You trying to break some sort of post per day record?
;-)
Molly
Darren Rowse
November 24th, 2005 2:02 pm
I doubt it – my record is 120….wont be doing that again in a hurry…
Anthony
November 24th, 2005 3:35 pm
This post contains a great idea! :))
Mark Lavercombe
November 24th, 2005 3:43 pm
Is that you flipping that omelette, Darren?
:-)
Phillip Molly Malone
November 24th, 2005 3:45 pm
Its a pancake isn’t it Mark?
Molly
http://www.mollyzine.com
Darren Rowse
November 24th, 2005 11:10 pm
it’s not me – but it is a pancake
IO ERROR
November 25th, 2005 12:44 am
Flipping an idea on its head is definitely a great way to gain a different (better?) perspective and sometimes even have a lot of fun. I did something like this yesterday and wound up spending hours composing a single post. But I had lots of fun, and I think I like the post, too.
Matthew Cornell
November 28th, 2005 11:00 am
Thanks for the nice story. I love the idea of ‘flipping it’ to get creative. If you’re interested I posted about this in my post about the book “Why Not?” (How to Use Everyday Ingenuity to Solve Problems Big and Small). The section is “2.2 Would flipping it work (SYMMETRY)?”: http://ideamatt.blogspot.com/2005/05/notes-on-book-why-not-how-to-use.html
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