Three Things You Can Try To
Cure Writers Block
Writing can be one of the most
challenging skills you can ever master. Some people find writing
incredibly easy whilst others will sit for days just to push out
one single article. One of the challenges all writers will face
at some time is writers block. Essentially writers block occurs
when the words you are trying to articulate just do not come out
in the manner you wish. In some cases you may find, during
writers block that you have no inspiration to write an article
or do not know how to start it.
Writers block for me usually occurs when I am stressed and
overworked so there are three things I recommend you try to
break out of a case of writers block.
Item #1 – List Points and Write A Paragraph on the Points
When I am really challenged at writing an article I will go back
to the basics. First of all I will write my heading which simply
defines what I am writing about. The next step I follow is to
write simple list points on what I want to cover in my article.
For example in this article I wanted to give you three tips on
how to over come writers block. I simply wrote them as –
- Item 1. List Points and Write A Paragraph on The
Points
- Item 2. Meditation
- Item 3. Listen to Music
Most web articles need to be a minimum of 600 words for
article directories to accept them so by simply writing two or three paragraphs
for each item, it will not take long to meet the criteria of 600 words.
Using this technique makes creating articles like, Seven Tips to … Four
Strategies for etc really simple. By listing the items you want to share and
writing a paragraph or two for each item you will easily and quickly create your
article.
Finally, to complete your article simply write a lead in paragraph to the first
item and a lead out paragraph after the last item to conclude your article and
before you know it, you will have another fully written article.
Item #2 – Meditate
Whenever I find it really difficult to write I simply go and do a good 20
minutes of meditation. What you will find is that when you meditate, if you are
doing it correctly, it should help you to clear your mind and to bring you to
focus. The objective of meditation is to take the chaos we go through every
single day, and to move the chaos into some form of order. Once you achieve this
you will then be able to reflect on your inner self and find peace.
Okay, I can hear it now, "Oh Yeah Hippy, Want Us to Meditate do ya?" Absolutely!
Look whilst meditation has certainly been a thing of fringe groups in western
society or associated with eastern religions many researchers are now coming to
the distinct conclusion that meditation can make a huge difference to our
day-to-day lives and helps us to overcome stress and in particular writers
block.
The core advantage meditation will play in your life is to help you to relax and
deal with challenging situations more effectively. The more relaxed you are the
more creative you can be in dealing with your creative issues. I certainly
recommend that when you are meditating, that you use baroque music with your
meditation as it will help increase the alpha waves which will help lead you to
a calm feeling. This is especially useful if you do not have a long period to
meditate. I recommend a 20 minute meditation session at least once a day
preferably two. You will be really surprised the difference it makes to your
day. Just try it out, you have nothing to loose and a few hundred articles to
gain.
Personally I find after a good meditation session I can pump out five to ten
articles which I think is a great way to get ahead.
Item #3 – Listen to Music
Listening to music is a great way to beat writers block however, be warned, some
music can in fact make your writers block worse. The sort of music you should be
listening to is Baroque Music at 60 beats per minute. Research has shown that
this type of music actually releases alpha waves in both our left and right
sides of our brains. In doing this, it helps us to fell calm, similar to
whistling a happy tune.
The “Alpha” state of mind is ideal for developing articles as it heightens
creativity and learning. Many of my colleagues use Baroque music in their memory
learning seminars specifically because Baroque Music heightens the learning and
creativity parts of the brain.
Writers block can be one of the great challenges you will have to face at some
stage in your writing career. These three items I have listed above have helped
me breeze through a writers block saga and ensure that I can effectively
continue to do the work I enjoy. Just to finish off I want to reiterate the
three things I recommend you try if you are suffering writers block:
Item #1 – List Points and Write A Paragraph on the Points
Item #2 – Meditate
Item #3 – Listen to Music
Chris has a Six Step Meditation Program called
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