| p>There you sit, pen in hand, or rather poised | | | | blog going right now. Starting a blog is relatively |
| over the keyboard, and all you can do is stare at | | | | simple and can be very lucrative if your content is |
| the screen in front of you. You want to be type, | | | | relative and interesting and you spend a little time |
| you know you should be letting the creative | | | | promoting your blog. |
| juices flow like a mountain spring when the snow | | | | So how does blogging help you write? Think of |
| is melting. But you can't, you know you can't, | | | | blogging as your never-ending writing exercise. |
| because you're blocked. | | | | Write a new blog as often as you like. You don't |
| Writer's block is not a special disease or a rare | | | | have to treat your blog as an online diary as |
| occurrence. It's something that happens to every | | | | most people do. If you are primarily a fiction |
| writer and usually happens a lot. And there is | | | | writer, treat it as a place to write a series of |
| absolutely only one sure cure for writer's block | | | | short stories or a place to write the thoughts and |
| and that is.... to write. True there are plenty of | | | | feelings of one of your characters. And don't |
| things you can do to inspire yourself. Go out in | | | | worry about drafts. Your blog is your online |
| public and watch people. Go out in nature and let | | | | source for never-ending writing exercises and |
| the beauty of natural surroundings inspire you. | | | | writing exercises are never perfect. |
| Read a new book and make notes. And so on | | | | If you write non-fiction think of your blog as a |
| and so forth. But the truth is that until you actual | | | | place to try out new ideas for articles and |
| put pen to paper or finger tips to keyboard and | | | | publications. It's a forum for practice. And a place |
| begin writing, your writer's block will not be | | | | where you can get feedback from the online |
| "cured". So you have to write. You must write. | | | | community so you know if your material is |
| You cannot not write. | | | | interesting and heading in the right direction or a |
| So how do you do this? How do you keep up | | | | snooze-fest. |
| writing day after day to ensure the creative | | | | When starting your blog you can usually choose |
| juices stay flowing? One sure fire way is to start | | | | who can and cannot make comments. Turn |
| a blog. The last few years have seen a rise in the | | | | comments on and let people comment to get |
| web log or blog. Blogging has gone from a hobby | | | | feedback from the public. Comments can help |
| for the technically minded to a staple in the | | | | you see what you need to work on so when you |
| internet community. In fact most people using the | | | | return to your primary project away from the |
| internet these days have blogged at one time or | | | | blog you will know what to focus on. |
| another and many have more than one active | | | | |