Writers Block

This happens to everyone once in a while. And that is coming up with ideas for posts. You get these flashing thoughts and then you can't remember them later on.

Often I’ll wake up with an idea in the middle of the night, or something will come to me when I’m on the train or out shopping.

By the time I find myself in front of a computer again, I’ve either forgotten about it or the words dont come as they had earlier passed my mind. Or then, I’ve forgotten the idea entirely.

These days I've come up with a solution to this and the answer, of course, is simple. Take notes! Always have some method of writing down ideas - and keep it with you 24 hours a day. It might be a PDA, or even your mobile phone. But I love the old fashioned way ofcourse and that is - a small pencil and paper.

It may be old technology, but you can take a pencil and paper anywhere and the batteries never go low or the pen doesnt leak. It’s perfect for noting down those ideas that come to you at the most inopportune moments. Like in the toilet. I'm serious! Nothing like it for a great idea. Remember Archimedes.

I’ll let you know how I’m getting on with my pencil and paper in a future post…. if I remember, of course.