What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Write About

What to Write About – As a writer you will inevitably face the time when you are stuck and have no idea what you should write.  This is normal and there is no need to panic when you get to this place.  Below are a couple of steps that you can follow that will lead you in the right direction of accessing your better best.

What to Write About

Ask yourself a question – The actual question does not make that much difference.  The question will spark an idea and will have you heading down the road of opening your mind and producing something that works for you.

Keep a trigger list of ideas – Keep a list of ideas that you can use to spark your next set of work.  Have these be items that you can get excited about and it will spark some creativity in the work that you do.

Bring back a great memory – Have access to great memory from an earlier period of your life.  This can be a vacation, something that made you laugh.  It does not matter what it is, but having the thought and going through the process will allow you to free up your mind.

Follow these three items and you will be well on your road to start producing some great content.

Uh Oh, Brain Freeze – What to Write About?

What to Write About – I did not set myself up to write in this session.  I am phoning this session in and am only making a half hearted attempt to pump out some great content.  That is not completely true.

Here is what happened.

What to Write About?

I did not set myself up to write great stuff on the train.  When I got on the train, my mind was already on getting home.  RESULT:  I have written one article that was OK and then I ran out of ideas.

Now, I am going to work through this challenge in the writing and I believe the writing will provide value for the reader.

What to Write About? Here is what I am going to do –

Work on a distinct transition from one project to another that empowers me to move forward - I had a great day at the office and kicked ass recording my videos.  I was excited but that excitement wore off and by the time I got to my writing, I was no longer excited.  I will put in a routine before every evening writing sessions here I get myself in the correct mental state.  This may involve playing some music or creating a mantra that puts me in the right mental state.

I will get honest - I am not going to write through the anxiety that comes with phoning it in.  I am going to deal with it and I will deal with it in the writing.  Challenges like this are what makes us better and allows us to have a better best.  Our subconscious mind gives us these challenges.  We can either wither away and give up and wait until we are in a good mood.  The other option is to face the challenge head on and understand that these challenges will allow us to take up whatever game we want to the next level.

Use it all - Don’t waste any emotion – Pour your emotions into your work. This does not mean that you should complain or dump all of your personal problems on somebody.  This just means –

- Don’t try to change yourself.
- Pour your true emotions into your work.

OK, the brain is open and ready to move forward.  The freeze has lifted and it only took about five minutes.

Life is too short to stay stuck.  Get unstuck and move forward with veracious enthusiasm.