After yesterday’s official launch of ‘Give A Brick – the community‘ (for want of a better name for it ) I’m now so excited by the support and encouragement we’ve had, I can’t find a single thing to write about! That’ll teach me to say that ideas just pop into my head Are you stuck with a deadline to meet and nothing to write about? Read my top 5 tips for how to write when you’re so excited you can’t, and let me know if they help.

1. Check your ‘post list’

You know the times when you have so many ideas and not enough places to put them? Do you write them down for a rainy day? If not, this is definitely something you need to start doing. Everyone has their unique way of doing this, be it a text message, note on your mobile or the good old fashioned pen and paper. However you do it, just do it! Even if it’s just a scrap of an idea, write it down! You’ll be amazed how those ideas can bloom into fully fledged pieces given a little time and space inside your amazing brain.

2. Search Google News

Whatever you write about, Google news will have something of interest to you. I make it a regular practice to type ‘charity’ into Google News and doing so has resulted in no less than four separate posts (and we’ve been adding regular content here for less than a month!) If your blog is geared toward technology news or following celebrities, this advice will be old hat to you. However, just reading about the happenings in your world can spark an amazing variety of ideas.

3. Read your comments

Have a look back at what your readers have been talking to you about. Have they asked a question that would merit more than a two sentence answer? What’s been the hot topic for you this week? Maybe your visitors have been enjoying a heated exchange? You could write a piece looking at the pros and cons of both sides before offering your opinion.

4. Visit some of your fellow writers

There’s nothing like reading to make you think. One great way to get some ideas for what to write about is to see what your fellow bloggers are talking about. If you’re a good neighbour, you’ll have your favourites bookmarked or in your RSS reader for easy access but how about making some new friends? One of the joys of Stumble-Upon is you can pick your area of interest and go for a ramble (or in their words, a stumble ) A top 10 list of your favourite stumbles would keep you going for one post

5. Go for a walk

Step away from the screen, get some fresh air, engage with your family and live a little. Stop thinking about writing for a little while and just go and enjoy yourself. Even if this is your job that pays the bills (and lucky you if it is, I heard that even the top 10% of bloggers earn just $19K per year ) it isn’t meant to be this draining. Remember why it is you write!

“A synonym is a word you use when you can’t spell the other one.” ~Baltasar Gracián

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