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I Used to Run out of Writing Ideas. This Repeatable 3-Step Process Helped.
A straightforward approach to ideation so you never start with a blank page.
Every great article starts with an idea. But while ideas are your entry ticket to writing, they can also be a barrier.
Lucky people feel overwhelmed by their abundance of ideas. Others find themselves uninspired, staring at the blank screen.
I was among the latter.
When I started writing online I was sure I’d soon run out of ideas. I feared I’d quickly use up the good ones. I felt uncreative and as if I had not much worth sharing.
It took me months to understand how wrong I was.
Creativity is practice. With the right process in place, you’ll never have to run out of ideas.
The following three-step process is my writing fuel. It has helped me publish more than 300 articles, and reach over two million readers. This structure can help you never again struggle with ideas.
1) What goes in will come out
Most writing consists of living your life and consuming content. Only some part of the process is actually sitting down, writing, and editing your work.