Start by Writing for an Audience of One
Writing everyday isn’t easy. Here is what I’ve been doing to help me.
Before I sit down to write, I mediate for about 5 to 10 minutes. During this time I try to think of one person I can provide an insight for, or someone who needs a bit of inspiration. If after a minute or so I can’t think of a real person in my life, I make up a fictional person based on a character in a movie or TV show I’ve recently watched. Either way, works. I call this process finding my audience of one.
Once I find my audience of one, I think about these 7 things while I meditate:
- Where does this person live?
- What is their age and gender?
- How do they spend their time?
- What do they like and dislike?
- What problems are they facing or why are they stuck?
- What is unique about this person that makes their situation different?
- What inspiration or insight can I provide that would help them?
After my 5 to 10 minutes of meditating on my audience of one, I’m usually not ready to write just yet. However, this process combined with my self-imposed deadline of midnight every night to hit the submit button on my WordPress blog, is enough to force my brain to defeat writers block at some point in the day. Any idea I have while I’m navigating through my normal daily activities I write down and save for when I’m ready to write. Sometimes, if I come up with a title, I use the WordPress App on my phone to start a draft as well.
So far, for 24 straight days this process hasn’t failed me. If you are having trouble starting a routine of writing a blog post everyday, I highly recommend you try this out. If you do, please let me know how it works out and how you tweaked it to fit your needs. I would love to learn from your experience.