The 2-min Strategy To Overcome Your Writer’s Block
3 tips and 2 mins…
Hi, I am Twinkle and here are three topics I write about
- solopreneurship, work-life balance and my perspectives.
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Thanks, I appreciate you here.I have been writing full-time since April this year. There are days when I feel lost about what I should write. There are days when I know I am not writing to my best capacity. There are days when I have no clue about any topics. But I don’t want it to be a reason that I don’t write.
That’s why…
I have systems in place.
I went full-time in content creation and freelancing this year. For the past 3 years, I have been in touch with the field. I had a university, and a 9–5 job and with that, I have always wanted to be an omnipresent content creator. I racked my brain to grasp the knowledge of all the platforms and how I could do minimal with maximum impact.
I knew I wanted some systems in place.
Rome wasn’t built in a day and so weren’t my systems.
After months and months of revision, I feel I am somehow close and comfortable with a system that I built for maintaining my online presence. Of course, my systems are not perfect but they have become a starting point for me to go and write. The systems are dedicated to each platform. I have a place for inspiration to keep a list of ideas ready to go.
This has helped me massively. I can create content on LinkedIn, Instagram, Medium and Substack, all while serving my clients and writing for them.
Repurpose.
I focus on writing one long-form article per week. This could be any topic. And then I use that one long-form topic as an inspiration to write my short-form content. However, my content pillar and image (somewhat) vary on different platforms. This means I can’t just copy-paste on the go. I have to create more and more content every week. But I feel blessed that I can do so. More writing means more ways of expressing myself. And finally…
The 2-min strategy
Listen.
Whenever I am out of content ideas, I replay the recording of the call with my target audience. I make sure to get on calls with my community now and then. This allows me to understand their pain points and issues that they might be having. Then I go back and create content around it.
When I can’t get on calls with my target audience, I listen and observe my surroundings. I don’t contribute. I simply listen. Listening helps me to keep my thoughts to myself.
When the thoughts get multiplied in my overthinking brain, I sit with my laptop and write.
That’s it.
Don’t overcomplicate it.
