Is this what people call “writers block” ?

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I know the feeling, kid.

I know the feeling, kid.

First of, I am not  a writer to call this a “writers block”, so let us call this “blogger’s block”, ok ?

It’s been a while since I updated my blogs. I keep the “Add New Post” page open for a long time waiting for some thought to come in to my mind ( or to my fingers, if not mind ), but I sit there, and nothing happens. I read those inspiring blogs again and again …. things that can usually make me write something .. ( there are a few blogs where I spend hours, or visit 25 times a day, I will tell you later ) but no … nothing happens ..  Is this what you call Bloggers’ Block ?

May be I should ask you people to write some guest posts here… ( hmm .. anyone interested ? ) that’ll be a good way to keep the blog moving. But still, that’s not a solution to this bloggers block .. right ?

It’s quite funny, that I got this bloggers block when I finally could break my “readers block” …. ( and yea, I am reading “enough” these days. ) I should be able to post something about these books very soon. But even these books don’t inspire me now.

Have you ever experienced this in your blogging/writing ? Please share your thoughts, and solutions, if any !!

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26 comments ↓

#1
Kavi on 04.18.09 at 11:27 am

25 times a day ! Phew !!

Lets hear your thoughts.. everybody goes through a block ! Dissolve. Add pressure. Flush. break. Whatever…come right back in..

#2
vishesh on 04.18.09 at 2:26 pm

well take a big block and keep it in front of you and describe it that way you can break this block :D :D :D

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#3
priya on 04.18.09 at 5:06 pm

Oh yes, I’ve experienced it too!

Actually I get all nice blogging ideas when I’m outside. I make little notes about them on my phone. But by the time I come home and log on to wordpress, the mood is gone! I don’t feel like writing (typing, whatever)

#4
amreekandesi on 04.18.09 at 7:05 pm

I have had my share of blocks, when i didn’t blog for many months altogether. Sometimes it was because i was too busy at work, sometimes because i just didn’t know what to write.

Hopefully this wont happen again. I keep looking for ideas always and everywhere, and note them down lest i forget them!

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#5
gagan on 04.18.09 at 9:49 pm

I found your website from Google and the first post I saw is this LOLZ .
I would love to do a guest blog post for you but I am mainly to technical side Like SEO , computer hardware ,web designing etc . Please tell me and I would love to write something for you

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#6
Smita on 04.19.09 at 8:12 pm

I do face such situations but strangely as soon as I tell somebody that am facing a writers block something or the other happens which makes me write and voila the block is unblocked ;)

Smita’s last blog post..When I Almost Died of A Probable Heart Attack!!!!!

#7
amit on 04.19.09 at 8:59 pm

Well, I haven’t faced it yet but yes sometimes there is nothing to write but then suddenly something crops up! :)

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#8
Binny V A on 04.19.09 at 10:36 pm

My advice – do a series – that way you kinda know what to write next.

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#9
Philip on 04.20.09 at 6:13 am

i had a writer’s block at the begining of this year, but seems its gone now. IPL has done the trick ;)

So, what are you reading these days?

#10
Suda on 04.20.09 at 2:15 pm

Every dog has his block. :P I mean every blog has his block :D
Don’t worry, write stupid things for a change. Copy paste something. And ask someone to write some technical stuff too. That is also a good idea.

Suda’s last blog post..Pink Angel

#11
rashmi on 04.20.09 at 4:09 pm

I could give you a 100 topics to block about… but then it has its price.. You know what I mean! :P

Actually, whenever I feel blocked, I try an jump over it, bypass or just get through…

Coming back to the 100 topics : http://www.chrisbrogan.com/100-blog-topics-i-hope-you-write/

Now don’t take those 100 same-to-same… Twist, turn, adapt, your context… I do the same, start writing, researching on one, then one thing leads to another, another leads to other… and there you have… A BRAND NEW THOUGHT!! :D

All The Best!!!

rashmi’s last blog post..monday

#12
dinu on 04.20.09 at 4:32 pm

thank you ,… I am trying to do it !!!

#13
dinu on 04.20.09 at 4:32 pm

lol … have you tried on your own ?? :D

#14
dinu on 04.20.09 at 4:33 pm

I should start doing something like that.. I simply forget what it was, but I will remember that there was one good idea that I wanted to blog about, but, it’ll be all gone ..

#15
dinu on 04.20.09 at 4:34 pm

good luck !! I have my block killing me even when I have enough free time to blog !

#16
dinu on 04.20.09 at 4:35 pm

of course ! drop me an email hello@offlineblog.net … with the topic that you want to blog about !

#17
dinu on 04.20.09 at 4:37 pm

lol .. hope that works for me too, but there is noone I can discuss my block with, so I put it online, before you guys !

#18
dinu on 04.20.09 at 4:37 pm

good !! keep’m flowing…

#19
dinu on 04.20.09 at 4:38 pm

that’s a nice idea, but there should be something to write a series about right ? :(

#20
dinu on 04.20.09 at 4:39 pm

Eat Pray Love : that’s the book I am reading now..
I was reading “Midnight’s Children, and got bored with that book within 50 pages or so …

I have ” You are Here” in the waiting list, that’s after “Eat Pray Love” !

#21
dinu on 04.20.09 at 4:40 pm

hmm, copy n paste :D :D those were old days LOL

#22
dinu on 04.20.09 at 7:20 pm

thanks for the comment and the link ..I will check it out.. I started reading Chris’ blog, and stoppped after one month’s reading

#23
sakhi on 05.12.09 at 4:17 pm

I faced this so-called block sometime back but generally i just go with the mood.. there’s no pressure to write and its then, when i write my best :)

sakhi’s last blog post..That Summer!

#24
dinu on 05.12.09 at 4:48 pm

:) should take a vacation next time when I face a block :D

#25
sakhi on 05.12.09 at 5:14 pm

That might be dangerous ;)

sakhi’s last blog post..That Summer!

#26
dinu on 05.12.09 at 5:22 pm

LOL yea, but , take a break, come back, and then write a comeback post, that works, as anshul said :D

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