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Overcoming Blogger's Block

Writers often suffer from Writer's Block , and bloggers are no different. I have compiled here some practical tips on overcoming the blogger's block. Tips on Originality Use your own content -- dig family albums, college essay book, sketch book, childhood stamp collection (stamps are public domain images), or buy a digital camera. Don't just go with the flow, go against the flow Nature inspires. Nature inspires a lot. Great leaders inspire. Read their biographies. Develop new ways of discovering interesting websites. Everybody knows about SlashDot and Metafilter, but few know about specialty websites or websites large enough to require their own search engine. Write a review of a recent book you've read or a movie that you saw. If you did research buying a big ticket item, share it so others can benefit from it. Interview your professor, your role model, or your neighbor via email. Everybody has a story to tell... Associate one news story with an interesting old story   "Follow the Leader" Ideas Use complicated words and link to them in dictionary.com (la Dave Winer) Research what happened on this day,  last year, ten years ago, or sometime in history and comment on it. Comment on today's news.   Tips on Using Borrowed Ideas If you find an original idea, link to it. Remember that fair-use clause of the copyright law allows of excerption, critique, and satire, as long as you credit the original. The thumb rule I use is, it should be clear to your reader which idea is yours and which idea is borrowed. Surf a lot, and surf in new ways. I often use the Reverse Surf which is finding related web pages using Google or AltaVista. Old is Gold -- hidden in old blogs, newspapers and magazines might be a brilliant idea. Recycle it.   See Demos of the Advice Above Indian Postage Stamps The Nosy Surfer Vintage Advertisements from India Indian Coins and Currencies - Table of Contents Going Against Established Practices Examples of some of my Reviews Linda Lovelace and Ada Lovelace , Gandhi, Godse, and Apple Comments (0) First Written: Friday, April 19, 2002 Last Modified: 1/26/2003 Tags: ideas

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