{"id":8064,"date":"2011-02-28T07:08:38","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T12:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/37d57f8fa2.nxcli.io\/blog\/?p=8064"},"modified":"2011-03-04T07:55:28","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T12:55:28","slug":"how-to-kick-writers-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/copywriting\/how-to-kick-writers-block\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Kick Writer&#8217;s Block"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019re sitting in front of your computer with a blank screen.<\/p>\n<p>The cursor is blinking on an empty document, the clock ticking and nothing\u2019s happening.<\/p>\n<p>Your mind is blank and you\u2019re in a time crunch &#8211; you\u2019ve only got 45 minutes before&#8230;<!--more--><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8073\" title=\"Copywriting2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Copywriting21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Copywriting21.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Copywriting21-134x150.jpg 134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>your scheduled client calls and you\u2019re stuck.<\/p>\n<p>The harder you think, the more frustrated you get and eventually, you just give up, with nothing written down and no new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/copywriting\/6-copywriting-tips-before-you-put-pen-to-paper\/\">ideas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But there is a way to keep a fresh stock of ideas at hand so that when you\u2019re ready to sit down and write, you can.<\/p>\n<p>Try this: Start a word document and put it somewhere you can easily access.<\/p>\n<p>Every time you read an article, talk with a friend or have a question, pull that doc up and just jot down your ideas \u2013 whether they\u2019re complete thoughts, ideas, or questions you want answered.<\/p>\n<p>Pretty soon you\u2019ll see your list grow and you\u2019ll notice that writing your ideas down comes naturally.<\/p>\n<p>Writers block is unavoidable but by keeping your document handy you\u2019ll always have a way around it.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve used this method for years and not only has it helped my blog posts, it\u2019s inspired spin-off projects and helped to improve current material.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019re sitting in front of your computer with a blank screen. The cursor is blinking on an empty document, the clock ticking and nothing\u2019s happening. Your mind is blank and you\u2019re in a time crunch &#8211; you\u2019ve only got 45 minutes before&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[376],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8064"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8064\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}