Ready to Kill That Nightmare of the Blinking Cursor?

If you’re anything like me there’s been a handful of times where you sat down to write your upcoming blog post to find yourself just staring blankly at your computer screen. Your Word doc is empty and your scouring your brain for the words you’re looking to spit out onto the page. Your brain is literally a pile of mush and you feel as though you don’t have a creative bone in your body! You’re ready to throw in the towel! *le sigh

This is something that every writer struggles with from time to time. You could feel this mind block from things such as fear of putting your ideas to paper (virtual paper that is), perfectionism (wanting to get everything just right – perfect in your head first), procrastination or maybe you feel the timing is just not right and you need to let your ideas stew first.

It’s really not about having said writer’s block BUT how you overcome it …!

Don’t think about the writing process too much. Just do one thing: tell the motherfucking story. ~ smartblogger.com

There are endless solutions to overcoming this painful issue of which I like to call the “nightmare of the blinking cursor”.
You just need some time to defunk, regroup and get back at what you’re good at. Writing.

To make this horrible nightmare end, try some of these things to clear your mind:

Talk a long walk in the sunshine;
Change your environment (maybe take your tablet outside);
Take an adventure break – perhaps to the bookstore;
Read some blog posts, read a book or listen to some inspiring podcasts;
Use a different writing tool or change the font/colour you usually write in;
Brainstorm your genius ideas in bullet points – on paper helps;
Stop writing for your readers and write something you WANT to write about;
Skip the introduction and write your conclusion first. This may help determine the outcome;
Re-read your favourite written piece. Or perhaps even your first piece;
Create an article outline – Or mind map it using single words to help you organize your thoughts;
Stop pre-planning your posts and just go with the flow – write whatever comes to mind;
Create yourself a writing routine to summon your muse; and most important of all …
Eliminate distractions so that you can quietly think, contemplate and write.

If all else fails, don’t give up! Start somewhere. Anywhere. Even a short paragraph or a simple few lines and see where that takes you.

If I waited for perfectionism, I would never write a word. ~ Margaret Atwood, Canadian Poet

The hard truth about writer’s block … Writing is hard work. Figure out what works for you. Write whatever, whenever and wherever you like. Live on the edge of crazy so you have fun! Stand up to your blinking cursor the way you would to a bully and turn your fear into humility and humility into hard-earned, well-deserved work! Since I’m a visually creative person I thought I’d leave you with two infographics on getting unstuck that I truly enjoy.

If you’re in the nightmare of the blinking cursor, how do you overcome writer’s block?

If you’re looking for some help getting started with some daily writing habits, I encourage you to reach out to me so we can chat.
I’d be happy to go over some ideas with you that fit into your regular business routine.

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Crystal Kordalchuk

Crystal is an artist, a writer, an organizer, a dreamer, a doer, and down-right proud of it NERD!.

Struck with a love for #AllThings creative at a very young age, Crystal dreamed of a life fueled by her passion for creating and bringing the stories and images in her mind into reality.

As she worked toward her dreams, she earned a diploma as a Computer Applications Specialist then another in Graphic Design and from there began to develop her extensive background in multimedia and the arts. She began her worked in the magazine industry as a layout designer and had a succession of design jobs thereafter. It was her role as a graphic/web designer that gave her the first real glimpse of her future. Soon she began a side job as a freelance designer while keeping one foot in the corporate world. A spark was lit! She turned her freelance gig into a full-time business combining design work with her other passion: creating organization from virtual chaos.

Crystal is one of the most organized individuals on the planet. She is by all means a Zen master of her crafts. She excels at helping others become “untangled” and provides her clients with tools to run their businesses smoothly while she takes care of the details behind the scenes. Thus Virtually Untangled was born. A successful business where her work as a top notch creative in graphic and web — with a twist of virtual assistant — married into one amazing place where clients can come with their virtual messes and become magically untangled. Crystal can always make sense of even the most unorganized chaos and offers a virtual detox of order and peace, so her clients can get busy doing the work that they love the most.

Ready to Kill That Nightmare of the Blinking Cursor?

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