What is your strategy to avoid "Blank page" ?
Romain Cernik
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What do you do when you have to write blog's article, linkedin' s post, landing page, newsletter, tweet etc...
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flo merian@fmerian
When I browse the web and stumble upon a landing page, an email campaign, or a blog post that Wow me, I store it in a swipe file so I can refer to it later for inspiration if I'm struggling.
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Asking Franklin
It's not about a blank page -- it is a problem of motivation. Human mind is very abundant with content, however, it just does not want to work as the way we want.
Asking Franklin
@emmanguyen sure. But creativity need a process to be shaped after all no ?
@cernikromain Creativity is a whacky process. The more you try, the less it will come out. Most often the most brilliant idea comes to you as a joke -- only know when you look back.
Beonrails
Your brain is never blank. What causes the "blank" is the filter you have between your brain and the page. Reduce the filter until something comes out.
Asking Franklin
@nidal_ghonaim great process ! Endless creativity for better content and optimisation come very fast
Asking Franklin
@nidal_ghonaim true ! Have u got a tool which allows you to do that ?
Beonrails
@cernikromain I usually do it mentally. So if i'm writing an article i'd write it like i'm texting a friend with all the forbiden words and silly jokes i might usually say.
then i just edit it to be what i want the public to see AFTER enough words are filling the pages.
so first you generate enough content on the page with no filter and no matter how you bad you still put it on the page.
and then you shape it.
kinda like how you gather a lot of clay fisrt (enough to work with) and AFTER you have enough clay you sculpt it to what you'd like it to look like.
Second Brain for Engineering Managers
It’s usually mind over matter. You have the knowledge but you’d rather do something else than write. Well, at least that’s what I experience.
How I overcome it is force myself to start and write for 10 mins. I also have a template with structure for long form content. So the page is literally never blank. 😀
Asking Franklin
Use the creator's waterfall (or whatever it is called). Write what comes in your mind, refine that. Is that what you wanted to write? Write again, refine, iterate.
After the tenth loop, you should be quite close to your goal. Comparable to what happens when you clean a sink and the water (creativity) starts to flow after cleaning it for a bit (writing without thinking)
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@jannisdust yes, iteration is the key for me. When you have creativity (just take a look at your life, for sure there is something interesting that you can storytell) you just have to follow simple rules to optimize content to answer your goals, and let's go !
I think the real subject is : what do you want to say ?
For example, I'm not able to write about a subject I don't control...
But when it's a subject I'm interested in, writing becomes really simpler ✌️
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