A few weeks ago, one of my big sisters/ amazing writer Helen of Onairwithhelen landed a writing gig with Opera news. After the usual congratulations, happy face emojis/catching up (we’ve not seen in almost two years), she encouraged and praised me for managing my blog with a mountain load of school work on the side. We got talking and she complained of how I suddenly stopped writing and I opened up to her about my battles with inconsistency, procrastination and writing in general, we talked at length and she suggested we do a collaboration to jeer me up to writing more this year.
I then asked how she juggled work with her business and how she still had time to be consistent in her writing (she writes on three different platforms) and this post came up somehow. *lol*
I didn’t want to keep all the good stuff she shared to myself, I decided to share with you guys too. *wink*.
Helen of Onairwithhelen is here today as a special guest to share tips on how to stay consistent as a creative.
(Helen’s Point of View)
Now I like to think of my blog space as my corner to store beautiful memories of what happens every often so its more like a journal I come back to after a few weeks of staying away, It is never easy to create content for anything no matter how little and inconsequential it seems, and the added task of creating something that isn’t boring but isn’t tell-all or a post that can be engaging and informative as well not insulting to some readers makes it a whole new level of work. In the midst of our girly banter, we decided to come up with a post that would help bloggers, content creators, copywriters and every creative out there to not suffer a block or not lose focus of creating eye catching articles or publishing awesome work.
Everything you want to do and do well has to come from an intent. You can not choose to be more active in your creative space without wanting to be intentional with the decision to invest more time in creating. I have written a few easy steps to make you go back to your love of creation and best believe they worked for me.
1. First of all, think of this as a must-do.
Don’t see this as a punishment. Imagine a content creator of a company who always has to deliver writer’s block or not because it is a job they get paid for. This is the first step to getting work done.
2. Brainstorm alone or with people about ideas that are worth talking or writing about.
Make a note often (you would be surprised how much sticky notes have saved my life) and remember not to lose them. They are the calvary every writer needs.
3. Another important thing is to be informed and stay trendy.
You will never run out of things to write about if you are in the know. Lifestyle and fashion bloggers have this easy because they can easily relate to anything in vogue.
4. Collaborating with other bloggers.
As a blogger, you should look for other bloggers to make collaborative posts with. The energy from a fellow creative is enough to arouse the creative in you to deliver often. It may not work out every time but try to make it something that happens more often. I remember the last post I made with Adejummy it was fire and it the month I wrote more for my blog.
5. Finally, try to be original.
Originality is what creatives are known for and you never have to force it when it comes from a place of truth and openness. I never fail to tell people that to be verified as a blogger by Google AdSense floored me and was the boost I needed for my writing career. When I finally discovered that it wasn’t even the traffic that made it happen it was the fact that my content was original and all mine I was content to take my writing anywhere. Don’t succumb to plagiarization even in the littlest bit. Make your post solely on your ideas who needs to copy and paste when they discover how good they are?
Some asteroids have us in their sights. Be nice to sort of go near them and find out what they’re made of, possibly tag their ears so they’re always broadcasting to us their location. In case one of their trajectories head straight for us, we’ll know well in advance to do something about it.
Remember not to force it. If it isn’t coming now it just means you are not in the perfect state of mind to create anything. Creatives often make the mistake to force things then make up with a botched version of what would have been great. The mind is powerful as well as intuitive so if it’s not following the brain can not form any connections. Pace yourself and destress, Come back to write when you have gotten some things off your chest.
This was worth sharing.
Thank you so much Sis B for taking out time from your busy schedule to come up with this.
There’s a lot to do in space. I want to learn more about the greenhouse effect on Venus, about whether there was life on Mars, about the environment in which Earth and the Sun is immersed, the behavior of the Sun.