Do you want to be successful both online and in your everyday life? Then listen up. The most important skill for making it big these days is not a super fit body or the ability to hold a sword, it is how fast you can get quality content onto your platform. Everyone online needs to be able to write. Most people off-line need it as well. Do you want to write but find you are held back? Writer's block is still a major problem, but today we are going to look at one simple solution.
Writer's block strikes when you need it least. You have sat down to start working on a new piece, only to find your fingers hovering over the keys and nothing coming out. The inside of your head is empty and you fear you may even be able to hear crickets chirping in the background. No matter how long you sit there or how many half sentences you scrape out, you can't get any further.
'But why?' You ask the universe. 'Why has this happened to me?' Only recently you were reading about starting your own blog and the ideas were overflowing then. But now that you have hosted your site and are ready to write your first post, why do you feel like a squeaky tap with only dust puffing out?
Two words for you, my friend: fear and emptiness.
Being drained, dry, empty, is not the large problem that it may seem. You do not need to go out and devour books on the various topics before ever hoping to create another word. Instead, it is like a dripping tap, if you turn away and do other things you come back to find your bucket is full. Go for a walk, get out and get some fresh air, and suddenly you will be struck by a good idea. Let is sit for a while longer and soon it will be joined by another, and then another.
The first, however, is not so easy to battle. Fear comes in many forms, for many reasons, but all with one effect: you are left wordless. You might be suffering from fear of failure, or much more common is the fear of success. Then there is the fear of what everyone will think. The fear that maybe you are really bad after all. The fear that maybe it isn't fear at all, that you are just stupid and can't write.
Would it seem too good to be true if I said there was one way to overcome nearly all these fears? A way to get on with the task of actually writing and let the psychology play with itself? It all relies on one little secret: find someone else to blame.
Think about it. If you sit down at the computer and nothing comes out, that's no longer your problem! Instead, you can point your finger and say 'well, at least I turned up to work. They, on the other hand, did not hold up their part of the bargain!'
The answer is ancient wisdom, handed down for generations before being lost. It is the power of The Muse. A muse would give you supernatural inspiration, and allow you to keep working while she handled the hard bits of actually making it good.
And just because we now live in a scientific world in no way stops you from tapping into this source of wonder. Find and invite a muse into your life, something in touch with the inspiration you long for, and leave it up to them to grant it to you. Mythical and supernatural creatures work quite well, and the elves that come out at night might not fix your shoes for you anymore, but they seem perfectly happy to bestow inspiration in exchange for biscuit crumbs.
Take the time to find a muse, give it personality and characteristics you can interact with. But in the end, keep in mind that you have a contract, and all you have to do is turn up and write. They will take care of the critics and your mother. Now go write.
Writer's block strikes when you need it least. You have sat down to start working on a new piece, only to find your fingers hovering over the keys and nothing coming out. The inside of your head is empty and you fear you may even be able to hear crickets chirping in the background. No matter how long you sit there or how many half sentences you scrape out, you can't get any further.
'But why?' You ask the universe. 'Why has this happened to me?' Only recently you were reading about starting your own blog and the ideas were overflowing then. But now that you have hosted your site and are ready to write your first post, why do you feel like a squeaky tap with only dust puffing out?
Two words for you, my friend: fear and emptiness.
Being drained, dry, empty, is not the large problem that it may seem. You do not need to go out and devour books on the various topics before ever hoping to create another word. Instead, it is like a dripping tap, if you turn away and do other things you come back to find your bucket is full. Go for a walk, get out and get some fresh air, and suddenly you will be struck by a good idea. Let is sit for a while longer and soon it will be joined by another, and then another.
The first, however, is not so easy to battle. Fear comes in many forms, for many reasons, but all with one effect: you are left wordless. You might be suffering from fear of failure, or much more common is the fear of success. Then there is the fear of what everyone will think. The fear that maybe you are really bad after all. The fear that maybe it isn't fear at all, that you are just stupid and can't write.
Would it seem too good to be true if I said there was one way to overcome nearly all these fears? A way to get on with the task of actually writing and let the psychology play with itself? It all relies on one little secret: find someone else to blame.
Think about it. If you sit down at the computer and nothing comes out, that's no longer your problem! Instead, you can point your finger and say 'well, at least I turned up to work. They, on the other hand, did not hold up their part of the bargain!'
The answer is ancient wisdom, handed down for generations before being lost. It is the power of The Muse. A muse would give you supernatural inspiration, and allow you to keep working while she handled the hard bits of actually making it good.
And just because we now live in a scientific world in no way stops you from tapping into this source of wonder. Find and invite a muse into your life, something in touch with the inspiration you long for, and leave it up to them to grant it to you. Mythical and supernatural creatures work quite well, and the elves that come out at night might not fix your shoes for you anymore, but they seem perfectly happy to bestow inspiration in exchange for biscuit crumbs.
Take the time to find a muse, give it personality and characteristics you can interact with. But in the end, keep in mind that you have a contract, and all you have to do is turn up and write. They will take care of the critics and your mother. Now go write.
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