Avoiding the Blogger's Block!

How to Write Effective Blogs



I have been looking at a lot of topics on the web with regards to blogging, particularly in education.  There is a whole raft of expertise available to help and guide learners to become effective bloggers.  There are a number of points I have picked up which seem to be very relevant to education including:

• Keep The Focus - this is one which I am afraid I find hard to do.  Using the blog for ILP is very good but I find so many other things I want to include so I have to guard against straying from the point completely.  It can become almost like a diary which, for ILPs, it is not intended to be.  I know that many students also struggle with this point. 
• Avoid Filler Content.   This point obviously links to the above one.  The main advice appears to be do not be putting in irrelevant information just to fill up the page - just write as much or as little as is needed for that particular post.



How to Pick a Daily Blog Topic

This is the most difficult part for me in some ways as it is important to contribute fresh content to the blog, and not to tackle the same tired subject repeatedly. The advice appears to be that if a blogger hits the 'writer's block' then there may be some strategies which might help overcome this:


Try the "what's new" approach - trying to keep up to date with what is current in education and to write it up.

Try to respond or expand upon a recent post which has proved to be interesting.

Take a popular idea or school of thought and explain it from another perspective - always good for critical writing development.

Finally, stop struggling and walk away from it for a little while to clear the head and re-energise.  This often helps and indeed can inspire.