PB086: How to Get into the Flow of Creating Great Content for Your Blog

Note: you can listen to this episode above or load it up in iTunes. How to Beat Blogger's Block: Part 4 - 10 Ways to Get Your Writing Flowing Today's episode is about how to get into the flow of regularly writing great content for your blog. It's part 4 in a mini-series of podcasts that looks at how to stop blogger's block. I get asked about it all the time and suffer it too! In today's episode, I'm tackling the challenge of hitting the wall in terms of creating content, traditionally known as ‘writer's block’. I share 10 key strategies you can use to beat writer's block.   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: What causes writer's block How mixing up your environment could cure your writer's block How 'free writing' might get you unstuck How writing to someone can help you - and 3 different ways to get you started How getting in touch with someone else's pain or need can free up your writing Why the time you choose to write matters so much How setting deadlines and creating an editorial calendar can save you angst and prevent writer's block Why stimulating and inspiring your mind is vital if you want to prevent writer's block How preparing an outline can break down writer's block - and a template some bloggers find helpful How writing a different style of blog post can get your creative juices flowing Why 'speaking' your blog post might help you get it written down (and how I use this technique) Further Reading and Resources for How to Get Your Writing Flowing Anatomy of an Effective Blog Post - Michael Hyatt My Experiment with Early Morning Free Writing Sessions CoShedule - the tool I use for scheduling blog content  Other episodes in this series about beating blogger's block: Podcast Episode 85: How to Get Entrepreneurial Ideas Out of Your Head - Pat Flynn Interview Podcast Episode 84: How to Come Up With Fresh Ideas to Write About On Your Blog Podcast Episode 83: How to Beat Writer’s Block: Part 1 – Working Out Why You’re Stuck Full Transcript Expand to view full transcript Compress to smaller transcript view Darren: Hey there, it's Darren Rowse here from ProBlogger. Welcome to episode 86 of the ProBlogger podcast. Today, I want to continue our series on blogger's block.  Back in episode 83, we talked about three different types of blogger's block. Coming up with ideas was one of them, writing content was another, the third type was completing the content. Episode 84, I talked about how to come up with ideas for what to write about.  Today, I want to talk about how to actually get in the flow of writing and creating that content. You can find today's show notes with some further reading and some tools at problogger.com/podcast/86.  Today, we're tackling the challenge of hitting the wall in terms of creating content. This is probably traditionally called writer's block but it applies to different forms of creating content as well. I know bloggers or podcasters who get podcasting block. YouTubers have YouTubing block or whatever it might be. Coming up against that wall of creating, it can come about for a variety of reasons. There's probably different types of writer's block in the midst of it. Sometimes, you get too many ideas and they all jam together that you can't get anything out. Sometimes it's just things that aren't flowing, your words are getting jumbled up, things just don't seem to sound right. Sometimes it's more about being out of rhythm.  For instance, I have to find it really hard when I come back after taking three or four weeks off for a holiday, vacation, or travelling for a conference. Sometimes I find it hard to get back in the flow of writing every day. Sometimes you're just tired.