How To Deal With The Sluggish Blogging Sense
The possibility of a writer’s block is absolutely certain for every writer and the experience or quality of the writer or blogger does not have much effect on the inevitability of this situation.
In short, every writer or blogger faces a dearth of creative ideas at certain points during their career. However, technology and the simple cultivation of methodical awareness, of your niche; can help you overcome your creative block.
You can use these simple tips to enhance your blogging sense for creative ideas. This will directly affect your mental block towards regular flow of interesting blog topics for you to pursue.
Adding sub niches
The most common reason for a dry spell of ideas might be that the niche might have been almost fully explored. It might also be that you need to let some time go before the niche is replenished with more interesting news or ewer topics.
Until then, adding sub niche topics to your regular blog posts frequency can help you alleviate the pressure on the main niche. Try to find relevant and related areas, which can help you explore additional territories of your expertise. Branching out in a completely new niche needs more focus.
However, if you decide to pursue that line of action, you should make sure to update on your main niche at a slow but regular frequency.
Allow Guest posting on your blog
This is an excellent opportunity to get your fellow bloggers to share their slant on the niche. You can invite interesting guest posts from bloggers, where you pre approve topic choices and they elaborate in their own style.
You can also allow them to submit their own creative posts on the niche and in turn gain some fresh perspective that might encourage you to explore that slant yourself. Obviously, this is also a great way to encourage link building and potential professional networking.
Try a new style
There are varieties of different styles of blog posts and sometimes reevaluating a topic in two different styles might lead to the development of two different posts entirely.
Try to conduct a video post, an interview of a potential expert or even a direct review of some pre-posted topics. You will find the new post is refreshingly interesting and encourages new ideas too.
Use old topic ideas to cultivate new ones
The niche develops at its own pace but some tips and topics remain evergreen. Reinvention of older posts might be viable in these scenarios and the new posts can be made more interesting by adding on the recent developments related to the topic.
Personal style posts or opinion
Your blog is an interactive platform. It is true that the basic nature of your blog should remain true to its tone, if you started out in a corporate or formal professional tone. However, this is also the very reason why a new twist of style in some posts might bring out the intensity of the topic in contrast.
Try a personal opinion or share your success or failure review concerning your niche. It makes for a very creative post and encourages interactions with the subscribers too.
All these tips can be used individually or together. Sometimes the effect of the posts can help you find newer avenues of creativity and start new projects. It is always prudent to keep experimenting with ideas to keep from stagnating and stumbling on a block.
A simple 21 year old guy who loves blogging and having infinite passion for technology. Founder of 
When I get stuck blogging, I can choose to do two things to get myself unstuck–
1. Take a break, or
2. Write incessantly about writer’s block.
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great article, for me personally the writers blockade is removed by watching some god movie(inspirational) or going outdoor, after fresh air I change the view of writing and new Ideas just pour in.
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Nice post. Writer’s block is now discussed everywhere and ways to tackle it. This post was also useful and informative. Thanks for posting.
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This is all true and very insightful for beginners like me. For me, trying a new style will definitely hit. Having a flash back of old post is a great idea.
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Honesty. If you dread blogging you should not blog.
Our bodies stall down for a reason when we tell it to do what it does not want to do.
It is amazing how motivated you will be to do what you really love.
You will be cured from your condition.
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The Most creative idea i think is ” Add new niche ” to your blog and it will fill your blog with some new ideas and post. Guest posting is another very Good idea but most of the time Guest blogger are more interested in inserting their links and does not bother about the quality of the post. That is a big issue, sometimes they also send you UN-related article.
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Trying new things always helps a blogger. It gives blogger a huge experience and learns how to cope up in difficult times.
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I think Jacko has hit the nail on the head. Your brain ‘blocks’ you from writing because it doesn’t want you to be writing, and would rather you be doing something else.
If you are persistently finding it a challenge to write each blog post then almost certainly blogging is not for you.
Personally I find the biggest problem is keeping my work succinct, because when I sit down to write too much flows out and lots of it is naturally waffle that has to be cut down.
Your tips however are certainly still helpful in terms of keeping your blog fresh and interesting.
That is so true Rojish. As an author and business man, I can relate to how you said “You can also allow them to submit their own creative posts on the niche and in turn gain some fresh perspective that might encourage you to explore that slant yourself”.I hope more people discover your blog because you really know what you’re talking about. Can’t wait to read more from you!
I do agree with adding sub-niche since it is also certain that writer may run out of topics for your chosen niche.
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This is a very relevant article for me, as I’ve just come out of a long (several months) period of writers block.
Lots of good points, and I wish I’d read something like this earlier!
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Hi Rojish,
I liked the suggestion of using old topic ideas to cultivate the new ones. I am delighted to find this post as I am planning to launch my first wordpress blogsite in February 2012. Can you suggest me which are the best themes that are free and can help me in carrying out seo stuff? I am really a dumb at seo.
Writers block strikes everyone from lyricist to bloggers. getting back on track can be as simple as reading a book to taking a walk outdoors. Sometimes just calling someone and having a conversation will start things flowing again. The key is to not get worked up over it, It will end.
Now a days, blogging is challenge. Every blogger needs to think how will they survive. These unique points will surely boost bloggers confidence
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Nice post! Quite informative!!
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A couple of other ideas to get the creative juices flowing:
1. See what articles are getting bookmarked on Delicious
2. See what is being pinned on Pinterest
3. Read the news and think about how it applies to your field
Hi Jane,
All the tips you mentioned are all effective ideas especially if the author of a blog is experiencing writer’s block. What works for me when I experience this is by just relaxing on my rocking chair for a good 15 minutes while listening to classical music. Sometimes, taking a small break is enough to recharge your mind and body.
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Nice article thanks for sharing with us.
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Thanks for the article Rojish I learnt a few things from it that I will definitely use…..
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Just about every blogger goes through this phase where the words no longer seem to flow. Saturation in the niche is certainly a key cause like you have said and it is wise to explore sub-niches at such a time. Allowing guest bloggers a chance to expand on areas you have already covered is also a great idea and one that I hope more bloggers encourage as it is always a plus for the visitors since they get different perspectives from the usual one.
-Jean
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I think sub-niches is a great idea. The information is still relevant and also interesting to keep your readers happy.
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Been busy reading your post. You have all the points. I absolutely agree with your opinion. Dealing with the sluggish blogging is a headache.
Nice to read this article. The number one method to tackle writers block is, according to me, just start writing. When you start one post the completion automatically follows.
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i’m feeling very nice to see you here jane
rojish is very nice goy.. thanks for writing rojish
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