How To Work Through Writer's Block As A Blogger

Last updated on 26 November 2024

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I don’t know about you, but even as a seasoned blogger I get writer’s block. There are some days where, even if I know exactly what I need to be doing or writing, the words just don’t come. I get the mad case of writer’s block as a blogger, and while it can be hard to shake sometimes, there are definitely ways to work through it.

With a long-running list of blog post ideas and content creation tools at my fingertips, not knowing what to post isn’t something that often plagues me. But, as I mentioned, I can know the post topic off by heart, I can have a passion for it, I can have even an outline of the post … but it’s the words that are hard.

How do you work through writer’s block as a blogger? Well, surprise surprise, it’s much the same as getting through writer’s block as a writer, or a high schooler, or a PhD student … and it mostly involves stepping away.

8 ways to work through writer’s block as a blogger

Change your scene
Step away from your laptop
Read a book
Work on something else
Brainstorm all the things you love about your blog/business
Try the Pomodoro method
Swap to pen and paper
Just keep writing – you never know, it might just help!

Change your scene

A change of scene can help with writer’s block as a blogger so much, and I for one, am all for simply moving around and situating myself in different spots.

Whether you decide to just go for a walk and return to your laptop, or you take your laptop with you to a new scene, the change is really going to help your creativity and hopefully productivity too!

Step away from your laptop

Getting away from your laptop not only helps your potential eye strain but you’ll have the opportunity to take a break. I like to take a notebook with me everywhere or have the note app handy on my phone to jot down any further ideas while I’m out and about, but taking a break from the constant screen time is so beneficial.

Read a book

Read a book – either fiction or non-fiction – to clear your head a bit. Fill your mind with anything other than your blog and you’ll find you’ll be able to come back to your post with fresher eyes. And who knows – you may even get some fresh inspiration for blog post ideas from the books you’re reading!

Work on something else

Can’t write right now? No worries! Work on your blogging plan for the year, or make some Pins for Pinterest on Canva. Writer’s block as a blogger happens when we get stuck, so if you feel like you’re moving through treacle, pull yourself out and see if using your creativity somewhere else helps.

Brainstorm all the things you love about your blog/business

Sometimes we can really get bogged down in the Doing and the Writing and the Promoting of our blogs. Often we get caught up in the go-go-go and we lose our motivation and forget our Why. We forget that we started our blogs and our business for a reason, and when we lose sight of that, it can often lead to writer’s block. Write a list of all the reasons you started your blog in the first place and all the things you love about it. Kick-start your mind again.

Try the Pomodoro method

The Pomodoro Method is a time-tracking method of writing, and while it’s not for everyone, trying something new might be just the thing you need to make your way through your writer’s block as a blogger. Created by Francesco Cirillo, the Pomodoro Method (or technique) uses a timer to break work into intervals. Usually, it’s a 25-minute time slot, with short breaks in between.

Using a time-tracking productivity method such as this one allows us to really focus on one thing at a time. For writer’s block, you can use it for brainstorming ideas, writing drafts, Pinterest making … anything! Anything that you find is helpful.

Swap to pen and paper

I love writing on my laptop, I really do. I love the speed of typing and the sound of the keyboard, the way we can create sentences and get suggestions from software such as Grammarly to help us out … but I equally love the feel and the slowness of pen and paper.

In fact, I find that I remember more things if I’ve physically written them down on paper, or in my planner. Swapping to pen and paper to write your blog posts or to brainstorm really helps me get out of writer’s block. It might work for you, too!

Just keep writing – you never know, it might just help!

Occasionally pushing through can be the way to go about it. Remember, you can always edit your words later. When it’s National Novel Writing Month (a month in November where you aim to write the first draft of a 50,000-word book), one of the best things to do is just keep writing. You can’t edit a blank page, and it’s the same when it comes to blog posts.

If none of the above help you work through writer’s block as a blogger, perhaps continuing to write will.

How do you get through writer’s block as a blogger?