Wednesday, July 9, 2008

writters block??...heres some ideas to get your creative juices flowing....


  1. Read the newspaper and write about the front page news

  2. Surf the Web and find out about the day’s news. Write about a story that’s popular.

  3. Check Twitter for interesting stuff, especially stuff that a lot of people are talking about.

  4. Complain about how Digg’s front page sucks these days

  5. Complain about how Digg’s algorithm is still broken

  6. Complain about all of the people who complain that Digg’s algorithm is still broken

  7. Complain about any other bookmarking/news service

  8. Comment on the latest Scobleizer post

  9. Explain why Scoble is the most important blogger ever

  10. Explain why Scoble is losing his influence

  11. Comment on the latest Scoble FriendFeed discussion

  12. Complain about Scoble when he doesn’t give you the “juice” that you deserve!

  13. Write a post explaining why Robert Scoble is just this guy, you know?

  14. Complain about Twitter

  15. Explain how Twitter could be so much better if the following changes were made

  16. Write about the coolest new Twitter app that you’ve discovered

  17. Explain why people don’t read anymore

  18. Explain why people read more than ever

  19. Explain why people actually scan content instead of reading it

  20. Talk about how you or someone you know suffers from ADD

  21. Talk about how everyone’s attention span is shrinking

  22. Complain about (pick one of: Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Apple)

  23. Praise (pick one of: Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Apple)

  24. Rant about how the banks make too much money

  25. Complain that taxes are too high

  26. Complain that taxes aren’t high enough and your country is going to go broke

  27. Explain how the economy is going into a recession

  28. Explain how the economy is going to pick up any day now

  29. Explain how the economy is better than ever

  30. Make fun of a well-known politician/celebrity/business leader/religious leader/blogger

  31. Praise a well-known politician/celebrity/business leader/religious leader/blogger

  32. Complain about how all of the good ideas have already been taken

  33. Define social media

  34. Explain why everyone else has the wrong idea of what social media really is, but you’ve got it
  35. right - and why

  36. Explain what Web 2.0 is

  37. Explain what Web 2.0 isn’t and why everyone else is wrong

  38. Explain what Web 3.0 will be

  39. Explain what Web 3.0 won’t be and why everyone else is wrong

  40. Explain why Web x.x is a stupid, stupid way to classify Web technology

  41. Take a common noun or verb, add x.x to it, and explain what it really means.

  42. Find an unknown blogger and sing their praises

  43. Crap on the A-list bloggers

  44. Praise the A-list bloggers

  45. Explain why you should really be on the A-list

  46. Explain why you’d never, ever want to be on the A-list

  47. Explain what the A-list really is

  48. Explain how you can make money online

  49. Complain about Google Adsense

  50. Explain how you have a fool proof system to make good money with Google Adsense (but give very few details)

  51. Complain about how Technorati authority is really, really broken

  52. Defend the merits of the Technorati authority doo-hickey

  53. Complain that (insert blogger here) isn’t giving “link juice” like they should be

  54. Complain about how people are bugging you to link to them

  55. Explain how the music industry is doing just swell in the digital era

  56. Show the world how and why the music industry is F&$^^d

  57. Defend Torrents and other file sharing services

  58. Explain how it is so obvious that “free” is the killer business model

  59. Complain about how people should be paying you for your creative work

  60. Complain about spam

  61. Complain about all of the social media “noise” that you have to deal with!

  62. Explain why “noise” and comment dispersion aren’t bad things

  63. Explain why comment dispersion and dispersed conversations will kill your blog

  64. Rail against injustice of some kind

  65. Rail against censorship

  66. Complain that some @ssholes shouldn’t be allowed to blog

  67. Eviscerate someone who’s been talking trash about you or your buds

  68. Tell the world why Wordpress is the best blogging platform

  69. Complain about “echo” in the blogosphere

  70. Complain about websites and companies that enforce the “walled garden” approach

  71. Explain to your readers why it is EXTREMELY important to write your posts in advance

  72. Give advice on creating and launching the perfect meme

  73. Complain about the use of memes and how they are a waste of time

  74. Complain about how you get pitched by too many people and they don’t do it properly

  75. Complain about how professional sports suck all around

  76. Complain about how no one understands (someone or something else other than you)

  77. Complain about how no one listens to you

  78. Explain your fascination with superstition, particularly numbers

  79. Debunk superstition and myths because it’s all dumb

  80. Explain with enthusiasm all of the great blog post ideas that you have

  81. Complain that you don’t have any good ideas for blog posts

  82. Complain that you don’t have enough time to write the good posts that you really want to write

  83. Write a post listing a bunch of different posts that you could write

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