Dealing With Blog Block

13/10/2008

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I was chatting with Andy about blog block on Friday. Neither of us could quite explain why we were feeling it. And I’m not sure I can explain it any better now. But this diagram has some of the components and some of the relationships between them. Anyone else got a blog block diagram they’d care to share?

Judging by the diagram I should just shut myself off for a bit and go and meditate in a cave or something. Alternatively I could just drink 3 cups of really strong coffee and mainline a bunch of wanky RSS-feeds until I get really angry about something then do a massive rant.

Or I could just go about my business until something vaguely interesting crops up. To be honest I think that’s probably the best thing to do…

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  • Asi
    oh the pressure of blog-block....

    I'd add few things:

    1. Too much work >> decline in blogs reading >> decline in blog writing = blog block

    2. Something X (Too much work, global meltdown etc) >> less observant mindset >>> blog-block

    And one rather personal but can be applied according to your own personal context

    newborn >> change in context >> changing priorities >> less observant mindset >>feeling left outside the conversation>>blog-block
  • joe
    I was wondering if the meltdown would change everything.
    I have bunch of WIP projects that suddenly look really wrong.
  • I think the decline in commenting has made blogging feel more like just shouting in an empty sports hall.

    Still, it's better than bog block, which really stinks.
  • Or, you could search for techno related mayhem...
  • You should just stop caring so much. The moment you really stop caring, I mean really truly stop caring you'll be scrambling to get your thoughts down.
  • Ben
    Hey, that's odd. I mean your RSS feed just stopped working in my internet.

    Maybe once I can get that fixed then your Blog Block will be Unblocked. Maybe.
  • I think it depends on what type of blogger you are. I reckon I'm more of an observational or journalistic blogger and usually comment on the media landscape around me as it evolves. For me, I go through blogger block when I haven't read anything or discovered anything for a while which has interested me.

    Ultimately, if its a slow news week, its a slow blogging week for me too.

    -tobeconfirmed-
  • I echo your diagram particularly with the 'Too many other people saying too much' and the 'too busy' - only I'm not 'too busy' I'm the opposite, which I've found can have both a positive and negative response to my own blog. Even commenting on this has made me just sit here and go 'what was I going to say'... quite.
  • This brings me to an idea:...
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