Overcome Writer's Block

Blogger Nate Whitehill suggested five ways to overcome writer's block in a post specifically for techie-type writers (bloggers). He explained:

Writer's blocks is something everyone experiences at times, and it is especially frustrating for bloggers that are dedicated to regularly publishing unique and interesting content.

Then he offered these methods to get over the hump:

* Take a Break
* Read a Few Related and Interesting Blogs
* Have a Conversation
* Check out Technorati's Top Searches
* Reread Your Reader's Comments

The last one rings so true in my experience. Just this week a comment in my Orcut group on Writer's Block sparked another idea in my mind, a technique for getting fiction writers out of a slump. I'll write about it here in the next post in this series.