Those who don’t write your blog content probably won’t experience writer’s block, but for anybody that does, you will know precisely what writer’s block is and how it can affect your writing technique and efficiency.
What is Writer’s Block?
Writer’s block is when you get a mental block within your thought Process, which results in you forgetting what you want to write or what you want to write about. It often happens halfway through a blog post and can result in blog posts being unfinished and thoughts or ideas being lost.
When Do You Experience Writer’s Block?
You experience writer’s block when writing content. However, it’s not specific. You could be writing a meta tag description, a long-worded blog post, a social media share, really anything that involves a bit of writing.
What Does It Feel Like?
Writer’s block as mentioned above is a mental block. It basically feels like a less thought or total blankness and it is something that a lot of writers experience when creating written content. You could have a fantastic idea for your blog post that involves a structure, however, when you come to create the post you forget the substance. As if your ‘great’ idea has totally left your mind and thought process forever.
How Can You Prevent Writer’s Block?
How can you prevent writer’s block? The main way to prevent writer’s block is to set a plan. ‘Failing to plan is planning to fail.’ This allows you to plan ahead on the content of your piece of written content.
However, when it comes to planning your written content, you need to form a plan that works for you. The plan I use for content writing might not suit your needs or seem efficient to you, however, it’s what works for me and it’s what prevents my own Writer’s Block. You can form your own plan and write the parts of your article down which are important to you and your content.
A good plan could look like this:
- Write Down My Blog Title
- Write All Sub-Headings In Order
- Write Sub-Heading Information
- Write My First Paragraph
- Plan & Save Any Images – Including Featured Image
I find that this process allows me to plan and create multiple pieces of content at once while being the most efficient. As mentioned, this might not directly work for you but the idea is to plan. It’s to create your content before actually creating it.
For those of you who have experienced writers block, I hope that this helps with your writing and that it allows you to create more blog content in a more efficient manner.