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title: "Tips on Beating Writer’s Block"
description: "or What to Write When You Are Wiped I must say that July has been a hectic month. I have been in 4 different cities. A new place each week. My favourite was Portus 2008 in Dallas where I spoke about..."
url: https://www.boxcarmarketing.com/tips-on-beating-writers-block/
date: 2008-07-30
modified: 2025-10-10
author: "Monique Sherrett"
categories: ["Marketing Strategy & Tips"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# Tips on Beating Writer’s Block

*or What to Write When You Are Wiped*

I must say that July has been a hectic month. I have been in 4 different cities. A new place each week.

[!(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3018/2668904916_dba9669dee_m.jpg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/somisguided/2668904916/)My favourite was (http://www.portus2008.org/keynote_luncheons.htm) in Dallas where I spoke about the phenomenon of podcasting and participatory culture within the Harry Potter fandom.

(Do you know about Wizard Rock? Rock music based on books … that is another post. But if you want to divert your attention, you can see my guest post on (http://www.techvibes.com/blog/is-pottermania-dead/) where I give a quick summary of my presentation.)

After a month of travel, with all the best intentions of posting a great Underwire Newsletter … I am stumped. So here are 3 things that I do when I need to pull a blog post out

of a hat or generate a press release out of thin air.

**1. I scan the daily news headlines**

Is there anything going on in the world that is vaguely related to my clients’ products or services? If yes, I can usually get enough inspiration to write a blog post or press release.

**2. I go through my clippings folder**

Ok, I do not have a physical folder, it is an electronic folder. But throughout the day, as I find interesting newsletters or blog posts, I make a note of them for writer’s block moments.

**3. I look at my site traffic and the most popular sections**

This can provide interesting points for casual conversation (like the fact that our post on graphical user interface prototyping tools continues to draw strong traffic). And it means that I can recycle some content. Check out our nerdy list of (https://www.boxcarmarketing.com/graphical-user-interface-gui-prototyping-tools/). See how fun that was.

**Bonus Tip. I research silly quotes.**

As Terry Pratchett says: Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.