Comments on: 10 Ways to Beat Writer’s Block http://copywriterscrucible.com/10-ways-to-beat-writers-block/ A melting pot of copywriting tips, insight and words for hire by freelance copywriter Matt Ambrose. Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:31:34 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Bock the Robber http://copywriterscrucible.com/10-ways-to-beat-writers-block/comment-page-1/#comment-26740 Bock the Robber Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:46:13 +0000 http://thewritewords.me.uk/blog/10-ways-to-beat-writers-block/#comment-26740 That pingback arose from the fact that I came across a chap who seems to have written an article identical to yours, word for word, on the very same subject. Isn't that an extraordinary coincidence? That pingback arose from the fact that I came across a chap who seems to have written an article identical to yours, word for word, on the very same subject.

Isn’t that an extraordinary coincidence?

]]> By: Spot the Difference: Plagiarism or Coincidence? You Decide–Bock The Robber http://copywriterscrucible.com/10-ways-to-beat-writers-block/comment-page-1/#comment-26723 Spot the Difference: Plagiarism or Coincidence? You Decide–Bock The Robber Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:19:39 +0000 http://thewritewords.me.uk/blog/10-ways-to-beat-writers-block/#comment-26723 [...] minds think alike: the guys at the Copywriter’s Crucible have this to [...] [...] minds think alike: the guys at the Copywriter’s Crucible have this to [...]

]]> By: Matt Ambrose http://copywriterscrucible.com/10-ways-to-beat-writers-block/comment-page-1/#comment-21269 Matt Ambrose Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:57:16 +0000 http://thewritewords.me.uk/blog/10-ways-to-beat-writers-block/#comment-21269 Thanks A. E. Neumann for your comment and sharing how you can gain inspiration from your surroundings wherever you are. There seems to be a meme building in the blogosphere along the lines of creativity and inspiration. You might be interested in this series of posts: http://successfromthenest.com/content/building-success-with-creative-adaptation/ which I was pointed to by Copyblogger: http://www.copyblogger.com/how-to-write-remarkably-creative-content/ Matt. Thanks A. E. Neumann for your comment and sharing how you can gain inspiration from your surroundings wherever you are. There seems to be a meme building in the blogosphere along the lines of creativity and inspiration. You might be interested in this series of posts:

http://successfromthenest.com/content/building-success-with-creative-adaptation/

which I was pointed to by Copyblogger:

http://www.copyblogger.com/how-to-write-remarkably-creative-content/

Matt.

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]]> By: » Blog Archive » 10 Ways to Beat Writer’s Block http://copywriterscrucible.com/10-ways-to-beat-writers-block/comment-page-1/#comment-21059 » Blog Archive » 10 Ways to Beat Writer’s Block Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:41:44 +0000 http://thewritewords.me.uk/blog/10-ways-to-beat-writers-block/#comment-21059 [...] Reissued Article: http://thewritewords.me.uk [...] [...] Reissued Article: http://thewritewords.me.uk [...]

]]> By: A. E. Neumann http://copywriterscrucible.com/10-ways-to-beat-writers-block/comment-page-1/#comment-21055 A. E. Neumann Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:58:05 +0000 http://thewritewords.me.uk/blog/10-ways-to-beat-writers-block/#comment-21055 One method I have used for idea generation is to use the yellow pages. I learned this from a friend of mine who was a freelance buyer and seller. Mostly he drove around in a pickup truck looking for stuff he could pick up, haul away and sell somewhere else. I generally don't get ideas directly from the yellow pages themselves, rather by association, suggestion, hooks. Another tool I use is my tape recorder. I used to carry it for keeping track of business expenses and milage. Then one day I had an idea for a new circuit and picked up the recorder and described the idea. Eventually my use of the recorder for preserving ideas became the predominant use of it, and I felt the recorder 'pulling' ideas from me like a magnet. Just seeing it would set off a chain reaction of associations, hooks, etc etc etc. Another device I have found that often works is to write down first thing in the morning that which I want to happen today, and then quickly tear the note up and dispose of it and put it out of my mind. In the distant past I used to visit libraries. I would walk around in the stacks until something caught my eye, not necessarily in the field of my problem, and take a look at that and move on. Somethime this activity was productive. Today I use Google instead of the yellow pages and the library. Before starting to work with Google, I remind myself that anything I need is there, all I have to do is to find it. My searches have resulted in a consistent discovery of useful information for myself and my clients, from whom I have received numerous thanks for providing them with the free service. One method I have used for idea generation is to use the yellow pages. I learned this from a friend of mine who was a freelance buyer and seller. Mostly he drove around in a pickup truck looking for stuff he could pick up, haul away and sell somewhere else.

I generally don’t get ideas directly from the yellow pages themselves, rather by association, suggestion, hooks.

Another tool I use is my tape recorder. I used to carry it for keeping track of business expenses and milage. Then one day I had an idea for a new circuit and picked up the recorder and described the idea.
Eventually my use of the recorder for preserving ideas became the predominant use of it, and I felt the recorder ‘pulling’ ideas from me like a magnet. Just seeing it would set off a chain reaction of associations, hooks, etc etc etc.

Another device I have found that often works is to write down first thing in the morning that which I want to happen today, and then quickly tear the note up and dispose of it and put it out of my mind.

In the distant past I used to visit libraries. I would walk around in the stacks until something caught my eye, not necessarily in the field of my problem, and take a look at that and move on. Somethime this activity was productive.
Today I use Google instead of the yellow pages and the library. Before starting to work with Google, I remind myself that anything I need is there, all I have to do is to find it.
My searches have resulted in a consistent discovery of useful information for myself and my clients, from whom I have received numerous thanks for providing them with the free service.

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