Jan 04 2009
Should You Be Disappointed with a Content Creation Slump?
Once you get into the habit of a creating content daily, you will expect to be at the top of your game every time you pick up your pen or sit facing the computer screen.
There will be times when your expectation will not be met. You either write badly or begin well and lose steam half-way through or can’t get started at all.
Most of the time, it’s a temporary condition. Through sheer discipline and will power you can bulldoze your way into keeping the words flowing even if they don’t seem to be taking you anywhere worthwhile. You could also go into the `patient mode’ – you refuse to be intimidated by the condition and just wait for the words to come to you.
These methods, effective though, may not work all the time.
At its worst, the condition can stretch on for the next few days.
If it does, the one thing you shouldn’t do is panic. Also don’t think of it as a writing slump and feel responsible for it.
Accept is as part of a natural cycle, just like high tide and low tide.
Acceptance wins you half the battle.
When I’m faced with such a situation, I just tell myself it’s not a chronic condition. It’s just the mind demanding a break especially when it has been working consistently on content creation.
Now it’s time to allow the mind to recharge. Yes, you can go and work on other content creation projects. But if your mind is already stretched, you aren’t going to get far.
One good way to allow your mind to recharge is do something totally unrelated to content creation.
Go chat with a friend on a common concern like inconsiderate neighbors, Better still do something physical – cleaning your study, organizing your computer disk space or washing your car.
By the time you’re done you mind would have most likely recharged.
I tell my mind in advance, “”I’m going to give you a break for a while. After that, I expect you to get down to work.”
While taking the break, I’ll not focus on the writing itself but on its goal – why I’m creating the said content. If you’re a freelance writer, your goald could be to earn X dollars a day or if you’re a blogger, to meet the challenge of updating your blog content daily to attract more traffic.
Focusing on the goal of your content creation usually gets your mind itching for work.
