I make deadlines when it comes to writing and publishing articles online. For the past month, I've been getting some serious writers block. I've tried searching for a cure only to find some silly prescriptions. The generic "think of something else" or "take a walk" loses value when you've been there and done that. I've tried taking breaks, thinking of something else, reading, exercising, masturbating. It's frustrating. When i do get a subject, I can pound the keys like mad but the periods on between are hell. Are there any DP'ers that suffer from writer's block? How do you deal with it? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Can you clarify what you're considering as writer's block? Is it that you don't know what subject to write about? If that's the problem, you can use the Google adwords keyword tool to brainstorm, if you know of at least the general niche you want to write about. You can type in one general keyword, and get back a minimum of 50 keyword phrases for a variety of articles.
I'm in the tech/ smart phone/ cell phone/tablet/ etc niche. I have almost 100 articles published. They are all at least 700 words. I have used the keyword tool to brainstorm but sometimes, it's discouraging. Especially if they keywords have low search volume and/or low avg cpc. I feel like I've exhausted ideas and things to write about. Sometimes, I sit down and read tons of feeds from popular tech sites just to get inspiration.
Here's an idea. For example, in Google, search for: cell phones, questions All I did was look at the two first results "cellphones.about.com" and "Answerbag.com" - and there is a long list of questions on each site people have about cell phones. Of course, if you scroll down you'll find may other sites with questions. It sounds like you're well-versed on technology, but a lot of people aren't. It would be wonderful if you could take a question, and make it easy to understand, even for non-technical people. You could probably break down any one of those questions into an article. Another idea, is take a few related questions, and incorporate them into one article. You can do the same on other technical subjects, smart phone, tablet, and so forth. Many people search with questions they have, and would be really happy to find a thorough article on the subject. That might give you another 100 articles at least.
Rebecca, Thank you so much! I knew questions were good ideas to start off with. The problem was, I was using my own personal questions and ran out. Sometimes I ask myself, "What are people searching for? What do they want to know?" It never occurred to me to actually search their questions, literally. I've just ascended to another level of Internet nirvana. @ Project Mobius, Maybe that will help me reach enlightenment!