Beat Writer's Block---Get Your Message OUT!!!

More than ever, we have welled up within us passion and knowledge we want to communicate. How often do you get inspired, sit down at your computer or other writing tool, and...nothing? Nothing comes out!! Needless to say, very frustrating.

One comforting thing is: you're not alone. It happens to all of us. This can help you unconstipate your verbiage:

When we sit down to write, we have this 'end view' in our mind of conveying our message, succinctly, effectively, compellingly. Then we confront that the end point of the journey, however magnificent, requires traveling a distance to get there. Uh-oh. Gulp.

There's a technique that has a name I want to withhold for now, that will help you past this blockage, and may even give you an end-product better than you envisioned! And, delightfully, it's easy!!

Here we go:

Just start writing your thoughts. Do NOT censor or critique them or try to limit what you write to just the good stuff. Consider it a brain enema. As it hits your mind, write it down. Write, write, write. The good, the bad, the ugly. Relax that mind sphincter that's shut so tight it's shutting you down! Don't stop to analyze. Go-go-go stream of consciousness. At the end, you will have the makings to build into the powerful imprimatur you had fancifully envisioned.

Now at first, it won't be a snap. In all likelihood you'll be yahbutting your every sentence. Stop it!! No one's seein' this but you!! Reminds me of learning to swim. Ya gotta get in the water first. Later you can fine-tune. But if you don't get it out, there's nothing to edit. And believe me, editing is a helluva lot easier than 'creating'. Want anecdotal proof---ever notice how much easier it is to critique and correct someone else's mess than your own?

This technique was once called 'brainstorming'. What better way to mine the 'acres of diamonds' in your own mind?

Recommended reference : Earl Nightingale's 'Lead the Field.'

Now, don't let the cat get your tongue with comments, thoughts, suggestions. That's what the Front Porch is for!!