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Article Writer's Block - Why I Do Not Believe It Exists

A couple of weeks ago I took a rather radical position on one of my calls with Ellen Violette, The Ebook Coach, on one of our joint club calls www.ArticlestoEbooks.com

My position is that writer's block does not exist. I believe people get caught up in it because it sounds so cool, and makes you sound like a writer. "Oh, I have writer's block" etc.

Do you know anyone that runs? Have they ever had runner's block? They might not have felt like running, but they ran any way.

But if you insist on having writer's block, here are a couple of suggestions for getting past it:

1. Have more than one article in production at the same time. I usually have several in production at the same time, and if one is not flowing, I just move on to another until one is flowing.

2. Write about having writer's block.

Your comments and thoughts are invited.

Jeff
Jeff Herring - The Article Guy
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so you can "Write away, right away"

Article Writing Tip - Break It Down to the Simplest Points

Article writing can be made easy when you break a subject down into it's simplest form.

A question to ask would be "What are the main three things to do" or "What are the three main points?"

For example, in the area of getting new clients from referral sources for a private practice, I break it down into these three points:

1. Getting your name in front of people.

2. Doing good work.

3. Keeping your name in front of people.

Then after writing that one article, you can take each point and write an article about that point too. So you get four articles for the idea of one.

Catch you soon!

Jeff

Article Writing Tip

Article Writing Tip of the Day - Do you ever believe that you cannot write?

All that kind of belief is is a feeling of certainty about something.

But what if you are certainly wrong?

So let's challenge that belief with the following question: "Have you ever written a grocery list?" Of somewhere between five and ten items?

Then guess what? If you can write a five to ten item grocery list, then you can write a seven tips article in your area of expertise.

And guess what else? If you can write a seven tips article, you can also write seven more articles.

One of my article writing templates is the 7=8 template. In this template you write a seven tips article and then take each tip and write a separate article about each tip.

So now you have gone from not being able to write to being able to write eight articles

Jeff Herring - The Internet Article Guy
www.TheInternetArticleGuy.com
Jeff@TheInternetArticleGuy.com
Visit www.20MinuteArticles.htm
so you can "Write away, right away".

Article Writing Tip

Article Writing Tip of the Day - In your niche, come up with 5 - 6 interview questions and give them to other people in your niche. For example, if your area is relationships, interview other relationship coaches and therapists.

You get several benefits from this, such as

every interview is another article.
you can create an e-book of "Interviews with Successful Whatever."
it positions you as the expert.

So now go "write away, right away."™

Jeff

The Article Guy Anniversary

Article - aversary - how's that for a new word?

We are celebrating the one year anniversary of The Article Guy. One of the many ways we are celebrating is by launching this blog.

October will be full of teleseminars on article writing and article marketing, and you can read the line-up of guests at www.TheInternetArticleGuy.com/octschedule.htm

Catch you tomorrow!

Jeff