PB083: Battling Blogger’s Block – Where do you get Stuck?

Note: you can listen to this episode above or load it up in iTunes. How to Beat Writer's Block: Part 1 - Working Out Why You're Stuck Today's episode is about how to beat writer's block. It's the first in a mini-series of podcasts that looks at how to prevent writer's block holding you back from making your blog a success. Writer's block is very common. I get asked about all the time and suffer it too! In today's episode, I share tips about how you can work out why you are stuck in the first place, along with solutions that will help you move forward.  In This Episode You can listen to today's episode above or in iTunes or Stitcher (where we'd also LOVE to get your reviews on those platforms if you have a moment). In today's episode: 3 types of blogger's block What to do when you are completely stuck for ideas What to do when you have the ideas but just can't get into a good writing rhythm What to do when you find you have no problem starting blog posts, but you can never seem to get them finished Further Reading and Resources for How to Beat Writer's Block: Part 1 - Working Out Why You're Stuck Podcast Episode 81: 14 Types of Stories You Can Tell On Your Blog Podcast Episode 80: What to Write When You Feel Like You’ve Got Nothing Left to Say Battling Bloggers Block 11 Tips to Breaking Bloggers Block Through Solving Reader Problems 10 Ideas for Finding Blogging Inspiration Full Transcript Expand to view full transcript Compress to smaller transcript view Hi there and welcome to episode 83 of the ProBlogger Podcast. My name is Darren Rowse. Today, I want to talk about Blogger's Block. In fact, this is the start of a miniseries on the topic of blogger's block. It all came about because Sally emailed me. Sally shot me an email just a couple of days ago. She asked me this question, "Darren, do you have any tips for bloggers with blogger's block? I really want to take my blog to the next level in 2016, but I'm completely stuck. Every time I sit down to write, nothing comes, and the more that happens, the more stressed I feel and the less it seems to flow." Sally, you are not alone in your blogger's block. It's something that affects all of us as bloggers at one time or another and I've had many bouts of it over the years. So today and in the coming episodes, I want to share a few different tips and to help you to tackle it from a number of different directions. You can find today's show notes at problogger.com/podcast/83 where you can also subscribe to the ProBlogger PLUS newsletter. It's just a simple newsletter that I send out every week, usually on a Tuesday or a Wednesday, depending on what part of the world you're in. It has our latest podcast episodes, but also anything else that I've produced over the week, including blog posts, periscopes, and other live streaming. There's also the occasional promotion of a new ebook that we might be producing or one of our events, but it's largely just updates of content from ProBlogger. You can subscribe to those show notes. Again, it's at problogger.com/podcast/83. Let's get into talking about blogger's block. As Sally says, a blogger's block is something that really does hit us as bloggers at different times. It can be incredibly frustrating and I feel that frustration in Sally's email. She actually went on to write a little bit more about the problem she was having and I really relate to it. It's why I put aside the other podcasts that I had planned for the next few weeks to really tackle it because it's something that I know impacts a lot of us. Particularly it can be frustrating at this time of year when we're in January and we're excited about taking a blog to the next level, but it's just not flowing and we can't make it flow. So today, I want to talk a little bit about different types of blogger's block. In the coming episodes,