Every writer has to figure out what works best – and often has to select and discard different tools before they find the one that fits. – Nora Roberts
Every time I find it difficult to write something, I set out on a search on the Internet to find something that may get me inspired enough to type out a few words on my computer. Sometimes doing this works, sometimes it doesn’t.
I am a strong believer in systems. If you have to do anything repetitively, it is best to devise a system for it. Doing that takes away some of the pain and labour associated with doing that thing. Since, writing a blog post is something that bloggers have do repetitively, it is best that bloggers devise a system for it.
In fact, I believe, most successful and regular bloggers have systems in place that help them keep their blogs updated even when they don’t feel so inspired, or when they are too busy to blog. Some might feel that writing, being a creative process, cannot be made so mechanical that a system can be devised fro it. There is nothing wrong with the argument, except that it doesn’t work… or, at least, I have not come across anyone who has told me that it works.
Moreover, not all blog posts are equally creative. Some of them are mere reproductions – in your own words – of something you might have read, seen, or observed recently.
That said, I must also admit here that till now I have not been able to devise a permanent system that works for me. I come up with something that works for a while, and then it stops working, and then I have to sit down a devise a new system.
As the opening quote said, I think I am in the process of finding that one system that works for me, and till such time I will have to test and discard systems till I find the one that fits.
What system do YOU adopt?
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What do you think?