The Best Antidote For Writer's Block

Have you ever had a day in your life when you suddenly go blank in your mind? As if you suddenly lost whatever you have learned. All your vocabulary and grammar banks go dry, and you can only think about that slice of cheesecake on your kitchen counter...

I've had countless moments like these. And I especially hate it when it happens while trying to write my articles.

So what do I do when my brain suddenly does the rebel attack on me?

Well back then, whenever my brain stops co-operating, I would just take myself off work, do other stuff and then get back to work when I feel ready. Usually that would mean watching TV, or playing games, or just snacking.

I just happened to read a post in the WA forum about how to "cure" writer's block. And one way is to just open up a textpad on your computer, and just start typing out whatever is it in your mind for the next 5 minutes.

Maybe I should try that next time. At least I think it is far better than getting myself distracted and KEPT distracted from doing my article writing...

What about you? I'd want to hear how you usually get over your writer's block moment.

Best Way To Write Articles

So I have had questions about how do you actually write a proper article for affiliate marketing purposes. It's a natural question for most guys new to article marketing, nervy and worried about whether their first article would be the right article.

There are 2 schools of thought as to how you can write your articles. Either you portray yourself as an expert specializing in the subject matter. OR you could just be a friend who discovered a product/idea/technique which you know would be useful to someone you know.

I personally prefer the latter. Considering you REALLY are not an expert, you can really sound sucky if you try and pretend to be one. Just read most of the articles you see on EzineArticles.

But writing as a friend... that is different. It comes off easier as you can let your writing be as natural as can be. This way the words get to flow out confidently off your fingers, you do not have to worry too much about being 100% perfect, and your article would sound much more genuinely trying to help your reader.

With this approach, there are a few potent words which would make your article soft-sell the offer at the end (where you put your links to the affiliate site). What are the words? "I personally feel", "What they claim", "You could possibly".

Why are they great words to use? By writing this way, you do not sound pushy to your readers. Remember how you hate going to that electronics store and get pestered by the salesguy to buy the product they recommend? You don't want to do the same with in your articles!

So again, write as a friend. I stress that again - write as a friend! I'm pretty sure you could possibly see the readers taking a liking to your writings then :)