Image by Adam Lyon

Strangely enough, I haven’t really felt the pains of writer’s block. Perhaps, I haven’t been writing long enough and still have quite a bit of material left in the old writing tank. For whatever the reason may be, it very well might be that my style of writing is what always saves the day for me.

While there are many different types of writers in this world, I am the type of writer who views the world in words. What I mean by that is in many ways I see writing in everything I see. I am a very visual person and allow my mind to open a channel, section or even a special notepad where I am able to take objects and elements I see visually and convert that into a form of writing.

Rules Limit Your Ability To Write

Image by David R Munson

Don’t get me wrong, rules are wonderful. Rules make our community a safe place to live. There are, however, some aspects in life where rules need not apply. I don’t place rules or limitations to what I write about. Anything I see I can write about. Earlier today I took note to my squeaky front door. I can write about that. What causes doors to squeak, how can you fix a door squeaking door and most importantly, how can you prevent it from happening again? An example like that is just one of hundreds of different things I can freely write about.

In this day in age, the Internet has given birth to a new age of writers called bloggers. In many ways I am a writer of this generation. I never realized that I was a writer until I started blogging. When I started blogging, I really didn’t even quite know what a blog was. At the time, all I knew is that I wanted one. Over the course of three years, somehow I have I discovered that I enjoy writing very much and also discovered that I am very good at it.

I write on blogs to earn money. I have been fortunate and amazingly I am able to actually make a full time job from blogging. In my business of blogging, it is very important that I am able to produce fresh and unique content on the Internet. If I fail to do that, then I don’t make money. The root to my success is being able to see the world in words. Anything and everything I see, I document onto what I call, digital paper.

Digital paper for me are all of my blogs and various social networks. When I listen to commercials, I hear various things that trigger my mind to write about. As I walk down to the park with my youngest daughter, I’ll see things around me that I can write about. To see the world in words, you have to open your mind up in a way to where you see things that are so obvious that most people overlook.

Writing Should Come As Easy As Checking The Mail

Image by Jose_

Could you write a 500 word article about a mailbox? Many people might find that difficult. But really, if you think about it, there is an endless amount of material in writing about a mailbox. Who invented the mailbox, when did the flag on the side become the adopted standard for indicating to the mail courier that you have outgoing mail, why did hitting mailboxes with baseball bats in the 1950’s become such a popular game among teens?

See what I mean? If you look at the obvious things in life — the things that many people commonly overlook — you will soon see that its very valuable material for you to write about. You might ask, “Well, who cares about a mailbox?” or,  “Who would read something like that?” The truth of the matter is that on the Internet, amazingly, things like this are very attractive to people. Internet users are very interested in strange and unique things.

Because the Internet is such a complex environment, people tend to admire the simple things found online, such as a glorified article written about an old rusty mailbox. Writing about a door that squeaks or writing about a mailbox, believe it or not, does indeed interest people. In fact people will be so entertained by the article, they will look for more of your writing.

Take a moment and look around you and find something that you can write about. It doesn’t matter what it is… write about your number #2 pencil, write about your stapler or even write about the computer chair you are sitting in. Think out of the box and most importantly, take off the blindfold and open your eyes to a new world of words.

If you want to see what I am doing right now, follow me on Twitter. If you want to see more of my writing, join me on my FriendFeed.

Posted: 07|6|08 at 1:35 am. Filed under: Writing Tips.
Comment | Trackback