I have so much to say and for some strange reason I can’t put my thoughts into a blog. Is this what Writers’ Block is all about?
I’ve started and stopped many different blogs, just not happy with the content, the direction, and the end result. So here I am, with a multitude of blogs that I’ve already written, thoughts on networking, Social Media, job search, community organizing, and reinventing oneself during this tough economic time – and my computer screen seems empty and uncooperative.
So, just like the title of this blog says… I’ll give myself a Permission Slip to come up blank. With all the noise and chatter that comprises our daily lives, sometimes having nothing to say, speaks volumes! I just need to be ok with the silence.
I’m working on it!
It happens. I hope inspiration finds you in the future.
Thanks so much for your kind remarks. My mind is already a blur with stuff to say – the task is putting it all down in writing, and being prepared for the next time Writer’s Block hits me!
This happens to me, too. (And I’m a writer for a living, so I’m in especially hot water!!!) What I found works for me is to open a document that I keep on my desktop called “Blog ramblings” and just list each of your random thoughts under topic headers. Like “Social Media” (put a sentence there), “Why Do My Socks Go Missing Every Day?” (put a paragraph there), “Why People With Dogs Seem Happy” (put a sentence there, with a link I may have found to a video I’d like to share), etc.
I give myself a “permission slip” to not FINISH any of these posts, just put random thoughts there!
Then, when I do need a post, I open that file and just finish ONE. There will always be one you feel strongest about that day. It’s nice because (a) you don’t lose your random thoughts, (b) you have a great springboard for future days, and (c) you can write pretty freely when you know it’s just “notes.”
Give it a whirl! Hope it works for you as well as it does for me!
That’s a great suggestion Laurie. I have so many ideas that pass through my head – and then they’re gone when I sit down to write. Keeping a folder/file is one that I will start using right away. My goal is to have several random thoughts that are “close” to ready to go, depending on how I feel. And if they don’t go any place other than in my file – so be it.