It doesn’t matter how experienced you are as a writer. Sometimes that blank page is a terrifying barrier. Getting started can be tough. Here are some hints from Copyblogger for getting past that: 10 Tricks For Getting Inspired to Write.
Look at magazine covers
Browse openings (of others’ copy)
Read your favorite author
Retype passages from those favorite authors
Browse quotations
Listen to music
Listen to smart dialogue
Talk to your readers
Close the door (at some point along the way, getting more input is of little use)
Great ideas, Jeff. I was just thinking of writer’s block because I get so frustrated when that happens. I’m coming to understand that after a few days of intense effort I just have to “close the door” and go do something else totally apart from writing. That might mean reading a non-work related book or catching up on my magazines and newspapers or going to the museum or taking a long walk. The spigot always comes back on after that.
Great ideas, Jeff. I was just thinking of writer’s block because I get so frustrated when that happens. I’m coming to understand that after a few days of intense effort I just have to “close the door” and go do something else totally apart from writing. That might mean reading a non-work related book or catching up on my magazines and newspapers or going to the museum or taking a long walk. The spigot always comes back on after that.
The future of fundraising is not about social media, online video, or SEM. It’s not about any technology, medium, or technique. It’s about donors. If you need to raise funds from donors, you need to study them, respect them, and build everything you do around them. And the future? It’s already here. More.
Jeff Brooks has been serving the nonprofit community for more than 35 years and blogging about it since 2005. He considers fundraising the most noble of pursuits and hopes you’ll join him in that opinion. You can reach him at jeff [at] jeff-brooks [dot] com. More.
The future of fundraising is not about social media, online video, or SEM. It’s not about any technology, medium, or technique. It’s about donors. If you need to raise funds from donors, you need to study them, respect them, and build everything you do around them. And the future? It’s already here. More.
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Jeff Brooks has been serving the nonprofit community for more than 30 years and blogging about it since 2005. He considers fundraising the most noble of pursuits and hopes you’ll join him in that opinion. You can reach him at jeff [at] jeff-brooks [dot] com.
Jeff Brooks has been serving the nonprofit community for more than 35 years and blogging about it since 2005. He considers fundraising the most noble of pursuits and hopes you’ll join him in that opinion. You can reach him at jeff [at] jeff-brooks [dot] com.
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