How to Quickly and Easily Unleash Your Blogging Creativity
Do you ever feel like a sponge that’s been wrung and is completely dry (that is, out of creative ideas)? So many of us do! Even the best writers sometimes hit the doldrums in their creativity, where they can’t write a single word. If that’s you, read on.
Embrace the Quiet
Meditate somewhere quiet and don’t look for extra stimulation. Thomas Oppong in his article in Inc. on The Science of Silence: How Solitude Enriches Creative Work writes “To take advantage of silence to improve your creative work, you could get in the office an hour earlier, just so you could get some quiet work done before the office starts buzzing.” Since we’re all in quarantine at the moment, finding silence isn’t nearly the issue it was in the Before Times. Peter Gasca, writing for Entrepreneur in Silence: It’s One Simple Thing That Will Spark Your Creativity explains that “just five minutes of silence and uninterrupted thoughts tend to be the only ingredients needed to stir creativity.”
If you agree, you might like this article: Six Facts About Introverts and Social Media That Will Impress Your Friends. Written awhile back, but still relevant.
Beg, Borrow, and Steal
Not literally, of course. But ask your friends for ideas, borrow an idea or inspiration from someone else, or steal someone’s idea but change it so much that it becomes your own. Isn’t that the definition of art? Borrow something, then change it, then change it again? One way I’ve gotten ideas lately is on Twitter chats. Recently on #DigiBlogChat (a chat I host along with @LazBlazter), @Interprosepr mentioned sharks and how they need better branding. That gave me the idea for a blog post about sharks and branding. You can really get ideas anywhere if you’re listening.
Well, we're big fans of sharks so…they're seriously misunderstood creatures. They need better #branding. #DigiBlogChat pic.twitter.com/A8SmFbndJb
— Interprose (@interprosepr) February 9, 2021
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Journaling and Creativity
Writing about anything helps your creativity. If you journal immediately upon waking up, for instance, you’ll gain access to some ideas that you didn’t even know were brewing. And if you think about an issue last thing before you go to sleep, you may have an answer when you wake up. This method has worked for me. And it’s easy to do. All you need is a journal, a pen, and the willingness to write down the first things that pop into your head when you wake up.
Write at Strange Hours
If you normally write in the morning, try writing in the afternoon. If you write in the afternoon, try a late-night writing session. Or wake up in the middle of the night and write a little. You’ll have a different perspective! It’s so easy to get into a habit. I know because I’m a creature of habit myself, and maybe you are, too.
I rarely run out of things to write or speak about. What I sometimes to is run out of time. That’s when I go back through my archives and find an article that’s old that I thought wasn’t bad, then rewrite it & update it and release it as new. When you’re lucky enough to have a vault like me you can get away with it; yay! :-)
Hi Mitch,
Yes, you are lucky. Others run out of things to say all the time. But once you start writing or speaking, you find more things to talk about. I like your idea of rewriting and updating and then rereleasing. Our viewpoints shift over time, too. So we might have different opinions of the same topic later in life.
Thanks for the comment.
Carol