Writing Content for Different Subjects

Dec 20, 2004

It’s very challenging (OK, boring sometimes, but mostly exciting) to get to write web content on various topics. Every week I write content on at least three different topics. I spend my time reading about the subject, drawing my own conclusions, consolidating my thoughts and then expressing them in an interesting, readable manner.
Whenever I start writing on a new subject, I feel I won’t be able to do it. Please believe it, it happens all the time. It feels like as if I have been blindfolded and then left on an alien terrain and when I uncover my eyes, everything is so strange and unfamiliar. The first instinct is to shut my eyes back and pretend as if there is nothing I need to do. Sometimes I even shut down my laptop and go outside to watch squirrels feasting on the crumbs we leave them everyday, or watch cheap flicks on TV. Visiting different weblogs is also one of my favorite escapist manoeuvres. Sadly (fortunately!) I cannot afford to do that for long periods. There is always this deadly thing called “the deadline” that gradually begins to tighten its grip around my neck if I don’t start my text editor (yes, I do all my content writing work on a no-frills text editor — EditPad Light) and begin typing the words that eventually must lead me to the culmination of the current assignment.
Enough with the melodrama. There are some things that I do that always help me streamline my focus. I take the help of the following points whenever the sticky, gooey mental blocks cling to my soles and stop me from moving forward.
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