Photo by Andrew Nattan
Hi there. You don’t know me too well, but maybe you should. I’m your audience. I’m the guy who subscribes to your blog via RSS, retweets your posts and leaves you the odd comment. But let me tell you a secret. I’m doing those things more out of habit at the moment. Why?
Because your blog is boring me to tears. And if you don’t get a grip, then it’s over between us.
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Photo by dcJohn
Well, New Year’s finally here, and with but a few hours left of this decade, I’d like to take this opportunity to announce my New Year’s Resolutions. Please feel free to disregard them, as they’ll inevitably be abandoned by the time my hangover clears some time next year.
Photo by Tom T
Imagine my delight this morning when I received an enquiry from UT’s contact form. Had someone finally decided to offer me huge amounts of money to release their Nigerian Uncle’s estate via my bank account?
Alas, no. It was someone asking if they could possibly put a guest article on Unmemorable Title. Not an uncommon practise in the blogosphere, so I happily opened up their request and sat down to mull it over.
Not a chance. The email I received read like an idiot’s guide of how not to request a guest slot.
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Photo by Jonas B
I know it’s good form to avoid clichés wherever possible, but we’ve all had days when we know we need to pick up a pen or settle in at the keyboard and just don’t feel creative. Luckily, bloggers the world over have developed cunning methods that allow them to put out a few hundred words of decent, usable content without the effort of re-inventing the wheel. We just open up the clichés folder and let her rip.
The next time you’re having a brain drain, or you’ve run headfirst into severe writer’s block, use one of these little tricks of the trade.
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