Writer's block is demotivating me :(

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I am writing an article manually for a whole day now. The keyword isn't even that high comp but two low DA pages are ranking for it and I want to beat them with better content. But writer's block is eating my time up. Also I'm getting too attached to perfecting the article (my text editor's inbuilt system says my writing has 28% complexity and reading level is difficult).

Should I keep writing the articles? How did you overcome your content writing hindrances over time?

Does it get better
 
Time is money. How much do you value this content either not being on your website and being found, or used by a client?

I use AI to help with writer's block now, as you can get started with more momentum behind you, so it's easy to stay motivated to adjust and improve the writing of your work.

For things that are more complex, and can't write with AI, it's just a case of setting the timer deadline for 3 hours, and aiming to finish in that.
 
Check the competitors' headings and sub-headings.

They will give you a good idea about things to write about.

It's also what search engines want to see at the top so good thing to get "inspired" by.
 
Time is money. How much do you value this content either not being on your website and being found, or used by a client?

I use AI to help with writer's block now, as you can get started with more momentum behind you, so it's easy to stay motivated to adjust and improve the writing of your work.

For things that are more complex, and can't write with AI, it's just a case of setting the timer deadline for 3 hours, and aiming to finish in that.

Check the competitors' headings and sub-headings.

They will give you a good idea about things to write about.

It's also what search engines want to see at the top so good thing to get "inspired" by.
Can I rank above my competitors if I spin their content and manually re-edit and expand it with extra technical points ?
 
Look at your competitor's article structure and try mimicking that. You can try running it through a spinner first making it harder to accidentally copy stuff.
 
Can I rank above my competitors if I spin their content and manually re-edit and expand it with extra technical points ?
In theory but I would not risk spinning.

Combine their table of contents, add unique points to it and write from scratch.
 
It gets better. But eventually, you learn that if you wanna scale that you gotta outsource. Just gotta get over your ego of wanting to make every article perfect, and trust others to write content. Look to be an editor, not a writer. And maybe write on occasion.
 
Parkinson's law ("work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion") is in action here, Mate. Always allot time for a task before starting or you'll keep getting stuck in the loop of perfecting/messing up an already decent content.
I am writing an article manually for a whole day now.
 
Parkinson's law ("work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion") is in action here, Mate. Always allot time for a task before starting or you'll keep getting stuck in the loop of perfecting/messing up an already decent content.
Nice to know you've heard of it too, it's a classic! yeah @Waifu_tatyana you have to violate it for success! :D

According to my book, where I learnt Brian Tracy 100 Unbreakable laws of business success!
 
I am writing an article manually for a whole day now. The keyword isn't even that high comp but two low DA pages are ranking for it and I want to beat them with better content. But writer's block is eating my time up. Also I'm getting too attached to perfecting the article (my text editor's inbuilt system says my writing has 28% complexity and reading level is difficult).

Should I keep writing the articles? How did you overcome your content writing hindrances over time?

Does it get better
Writing an article a day is a GREAT way to practice writing, but to avoid writers block you need to make your writing extremely goal-oriented. For example, before you sit down to write, have a clear outline of the article structure, the cascade of H tags you'll use throughout, the focus keywords, as well as the format of the article (will it be a Q&A, will it be a list, will it be a "story-selling" article written by a persona - - in which case, what's the persona and angle of the article etc etc). I did the article-a-day exercise a few years back and it greatly improved my general ability to write and communicate. It's an invaluable skill, but you need to parameterize it so you know exactly what you're gunning for before you start writing.
 
I am writing an article manually for a whole day now. The keyword isn't even that high comp but two low DA pages are ranking for it and I want to beat them with better content. But writer's block is eating my time up. Also I'm getting too attached to perfecting the article (my text editor's inbuilt system says my writing has 28% complexity and reading level is difficult).

Should I keep writing the articles? How did you overcome your content writing hindrances over time?

Does it get better
Just copy articles from other sites and rewrite them :p

Its BHW baby
 
I usually find inspiration from PAA queries
And then use Jasper to expand it further
 
I have a simple solution for writer's block.

I used to be in the same situation as you.

I would write a paragraph.

And then, just as I'm beginning to start on the second one, an idea comes to me about the first paragraph.

In fact, the idea is so awesome that I ended up deleting the first paragraph and wasting a lot of time in the process.

As you can well imagine, doing things that way led me to basically chase my tail.

Every single article take way longer than I wanted.

The way I fix this was I dictate a lot of my content.

I can't do this for all niches but for the most part, I try to dictate everything I write.

I can't do this for all niches, though.

Still, when I dictate content, I'm less likely to write in circles or chase my tail.

Basically, I would go down my outline and once I'm done with one outline point, I move on to the next item and then the next item after that.

I don't suffer from this temptation to go back and "fix" things that I said earlier.

Once it's done, it's done.

And then once I get my transcript from my manual transcriber, I can then do a quick edit to tighten up or cut out certain parts of the final transcript.

Using this method, I am able to write 25,000 or more words per day.

No writer's block there.

In fact, this dictation blogging or dictablogging has really helped me become a better writer.

How? It freed up so much time that now, I read a lot more than I used to.

As you probably already know, to become a better writer, you have to be a good reader.

Don't just read stuff in areas that you're already an expert in.

Read stuff that is completely unrelated.

Because you're learning how to think clearly and make logical connections.

The more logical thinker you are, the better of a writer you will be.

So from one writer to another, I suggest that you stick to it and don't worry about writer's block.

There are ways to get out of it.

You can try dictablogging.

You can also try chopping up your work cycles into smaller bite-sized pieces.

Whatever you do, don't quit.
 
I have a simple solution for writer's block.

I used to be in the same situation as you.

I would write a paragraph.

And then, just as I'm beginning to start on the second one, an idea comes to me about the first paragraph.

In fact, the idea is so awesome that I ended up deleting the first paragraph and wasting a lot of time in the process.

As you can well imagine, doing things that way led me to basically chase my tail.

Every single article take way longer than I wanted.

The way I fix this was I dictate a lot of my content.

I can't do this for all niches but for the most part, I try to dictate everything I write.

I can't do this for all niches, though.

Still, when I dictate content, I'm less likely to write in circles or chase my tail.

Basically, I would go down my outline and once I'm done with one outline point, I move on to the next item and then the next item after that.

I don't suffer from this temptation to go back and "fix" things that I said earlier.

Once it's done, it's done.

And then once I get my transcript from my manual transcriber, I can then do a quick edit to tighten up or cut out certain parts of the final transcript.

Using this method, I am able to write 25,000 or more words per day.

No writer's block there.

In fact, this dictation blogging or dictablogging has really helped me become a better writer.

How? It freed up so much time that now, I read a lot more than I used to.

As you probably already know, to become a better writer, you have to be a good reader.

Don't just read stuff in areas that you're already an expert in.

Read stuff that is completely unrelated.

Because you're learning how to think clearly and make logical connections.

The more logical thinker you are, the better of a writer you will be.

So from one writer to another, I suggest that you stick to it and don't worry about writer's block.

There are ways to get out of it.

You can try dictablogging.

You can also try chopping up your work cycles into smaller bite-sized pieces.

Whatever you do, don't quit.
I'm currently doing speech-to-text for my articles, basically another variant of dictablogging. Although my accent and fluency in English isn't that good but the situation is way better than writing / typing out my thoughts because dictating is less immersive. I second your suggestion.
 
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