Having blogger's block? Feel editorially depleted? Hazel from Hot Cross Mum feels your pain. Luckily, she also has some great tips on finding your blogging muse. Over to Hazel:
As the parent blogging community continues to grow and grow, it amazes me how diverse, thought-provoking, entertaining, insightful and brilliant the writing continues to be. For any parent, finding time to write at all is a challenge, let alone write anything which other people want to read.
But, inevitably, at some stage we all experience that dark day when we completely lose our blogging mojo. We want to create a new post but can’t think of anything remotely interesting to write. So we leave it for another day. And then the blog starts to feel neglected and a bit sad and we start to feel guilty and try again; staring at the laptop for what feels like hours, but still...nothing. Not one shred of inspiration pops up.
If this has happened, or is happening to you, don’t worry. Here are a few ideas which will hopefully help you get your blogging mojo back.
1. Step away from the laptop. Ever heard the saying ‘you can’t see the wood for the trees’? Clinging to your gadgets will not help, so the best thing you can do is shut everything electronic down for 24 hours (yes, really!) and go and get on with your life: the single best place to find inspiration. As one blogger very wisely said: ‘Live first, blog later’.
2. Be a good observer. Really listen and watch your children, friends, pets, neighbours (no CCTV, please). Brilliant nuggets of inspiration can be found in the smallest gesture, conversation or a single word your child says.
