Top Ten {Tuesday}: Things To Do When You Have Bloggy Writer’s Block
Posted by oh amanda on January 12th, 2010 . Filed under: top ten tuesday .
1. Search etsy for cute purple felt items. (Because looking for purple fingerless gloves is important.)
2. Read all your old posts. The ones that you really liked. (This will get your head in a creative flow. Or at least remembering that one time you had a creative flow.)
3. Read other people’s posts to see what they are talking about. (Hey, imitation is the highest form of flattery!)
4. Don’t write anything down—just do it all in your head. See how long you can go and still remain focused. (I can write tons of posts in my head as I’m trying to go to sleep. Problem is, I can never remember them when I wake up.)
5. Grab a leftover cupcake from your daughter’s birthday. (Or any piece of chocolate will do)
6. Just write. Write even if it doesn’t make sense, isn’t funny or has no inspiration. Just write. (I may do this one a little too often.)
7. Google your topic. Plagarism is highly under-rated. (KIDDING. You can get good ideas this way because you might realize no one has hit on one certain angle of your topic OR you’ll find some points to disagree with.)
8. Stare.
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Huh? Oh, right. Top Ten. Where were we?
9. Turn off the computer. Just stop. Come back later. The internet will live without you.
10. Read Hack Your Way out of Writer’s Block by Merlin Man.
11. Come back tomorrow for Week 2 of my bliss*tastic blogging series! The fabulous Christine Koh of Boston Mamas is guest posting! {that was a bonus one for you}
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January 12th, 2010 at 9:18 am
Love those purple fingerless gloves!! And I could definitely see you wearing them!
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January 12th, 2010 at 9:19 am
Good stuff! What were you saying? Oooo, shiny!
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oh amanda reply on January 12th, 2010 9:40 am:
LOL. I forget, too!
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January 12th, 2010 at 10:04 am
Love #’s 5 and 8. Totally me. Too bad staring doesn’t magically create words on the screen
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January 12th, 2010 at 12:37 pm
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January 12th, 2010 at 2:08 pm
Love it! I’m thinking I’m going to start posting my 52 New on Mondays, so I can hop in on a Top Ten Tues. or two!
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January 12th, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Very funny. Great theme for Top Ten.
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January 12th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
It must be hard to have to come up with a list every week! I can never seem to make it two weeks in a row!
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January 12th, 2010 at 4:51 pm
Bless my heart…I thought I had already commented!
Amanda, you write better and more than the rest of us, even with writer’s block!
As for posts in our heads…if I had written every post composed in my head, I’d be at more than a thousand posts. Go figure…
And now all I have on the brain is Disney.
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January 12th, 2010 at 6:26 pm
Oh man, I do number 4 waay, waaaay too much. I’m never as good of a writer on my blog as I am in my head — its where I do my best work.
And the plus to writing in your head is that everything is as funny and witty as you imagined it would be.
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January 12th, 2010 at 11:58 pm
Just sat down to blog and couldn’t think of a thing to write. Decided I’d join in on Top Ten Tuesday and headed over here to grab the button off your sidebar. So glad to know I’m not the only one with writer’s block… Maybe I’ll just be proud of myself for commenting and call it a day.
Either way, thanks for making me smile!
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January 13th, 2010 at 11:19 am
Hi Amanda!
I found your blog through Heather’s at Not a DIY Life. I linked up my Top 10 but I still need to add your link to the bottom. Thanks!
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January 13th, 2010 at 12:34 pm
Love the fingerless gloves. They look like Bella’s Mittens without the tops (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bellas-mittens), I bet you could make those.
We’ll have to bring our knitting to Monkey Joes one afternoon. 
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January 14th, 2010 at 4:01 pm
I’ve been tempted lately to buy one of those tiny voice recorders because of #4. All my good posts I write at bedtime and when I’m driving. In my head.
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