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I Used to Struggle With Writing When I First Started. Here’s How I Fixed Most Of It.
A working practical hack.
Ever found yourself in front of a blank screen, fingers itching to type, but your mind’s just… empty? Oh boy, have I been there.
Picture this: I’m all set, coffee to my right, a comfy chair, and a mood playlist in the background.
But the screen? Stark white.
More than once, I’ve sighed and clicked over to Instagram instead, that blank document haunting me from the taskbar.
But then, something shifted for me. I stumbled upon a strategy — no, a lifeline!
Here’s my not-so-secret sauce that transformed my writing woes:
Capture Every Whisper of Inspiration
Have you ever had a brilliant idea while showering or in a dream, and then poof, it’s gone by morning?
Happened to me. A lot.
Once, I dreamt of an epic headline, complete with all the elements that could be a good story.
By breakfast? Couldn’t remember a thing.
Human brains are great ideation machines. It can generate new things almost out of thin air, and identify new patterns instantly but for storing things?
