I often find myself frustrated with writing blogposts, so it was great to see how I could approach it in a different way. I will definitely try to go outside on a walk with a piece of paper to get inspired rather than forcing ideas for blogposts at home. Thanks for some solid content :-).

Indeed they are. I don’t get why so many don’t use them, especially in heavy B2B articles.

Great solution to the long-running “why do I get all my really good ideas in the shower” problem!

I even put subheads in my emails, if they get long.

Subheads are wonderful.

I write in Notepad as well. #oldschool

I’ve also been writing for the web so long that I just add in markup as I go, so instead of using an italics function, I’ll add < em > tags. It actually throws me off when I (it happens occasionally) write something that won’t be displayed in HTML.

Great analogy to soil, water and sunlight, too. This hits is home for me as I love to be outside in our canopy writing (weather permitting, of course). I literally get the sunlight and I am near the soil during my writing.

Distractions are the worst thing in the world for a writer. Even a small interruption can throw you off track.

Writing freely is what I am all about. In fact, I write in Notepad instead of Microsoft Word because I find the squiggly lines distracting. This allows me to write without editing at the same time. There’s a reason for the editing process, but it doesn’t belong in the writing process.

Great Post Sonia. I really enjoyed it!

I also refer back to it when I need more ideas for future content. You never know when those random thoughts would come in handy. Oh, and yes to subheadings—it keeps my content together. It also helps me prune my ideas along the way.