Where’s Vasta?
Missed me?
There’s a reason I haven’t been blogging for over a week: I’m going through a slump.
Before you go out and tell me that slumps are reserved for professional sports players and bloggers are immune to the vagaries of hot and cool spells, let me assure you that blogging is, indeed, a very streaky endeavor.
I need to bust this slump. Other than sharing a golden thong or playing with blowup dolls, I’m not quite sure what people to do help them break out of slumps.
How do I get my blogging swing back? What do you do when you’re going through a bit of a slump, on your blog or elsewhere?
Any tips you may be able to provide will be greatly appreciated. In the meantime, I’m going to go down a can of SlumpBuster Energy Drink and then go and order me a case of BrainToniq.
Lara Kretler
I have definitely missed your posts! I’m still new at the public blogging thing but when I feel slumpy, I read lots of other blogs and try to get inspired that way. If that fails, I leave the computer altogether for a little while and read some truly cool stuff like great fiction. Hope you’re back to feeling like your on-fire self again SOON! :)
Sunday
July 13, 2008
Neil
Sameer,
I can totally empathise with you. As a poet is not quite so charmed with the ability to pump out piece after piece, I find it can be exceptionally frustrating when coping with “writers block”.
My advice? to read a little. Not blogs of course (although I’m sure you will). I mean sit down and read entirely unrelated work—a short story, a poem, the paper.
If you’re working off your laptop, change your setting. Head to a different part of towm. Go to a place that has recently been on the news for a story—High Park comes to mind.
Cheers,
Neil
Monday
July 14, 2008
Suresh
For all of us toronto blogger wannabes that need some inspiration from a pro, you need to get back on your game.
Personally, I find that the more time I spend outside, especially in the summer, the more it muses my writing. Maybe that’ll work for you?
I urge you to join me for lunch on thursday for tasty thursdays to at least experiment on this theory.
Monday
July 14, 2008
Danielle
I’m the opposite of Suresh, the summer dulls my writing because I spend most of my time outside absorbing and working through things I would normally write and publish to the world.
Sameer, a friend of mine is an artist is doing a drawing a day and has inspired me to do a post a day, maybe something along those lines will work for you.
Monday
July 14, 2008
Sameer Vasta
Thanks for all the tips everyone. I may have found a bit of a slumpbuster, but I’ll start it up this coming weekend and will write more about it later, promise!
Tuesday
July 15, 2008
karim kanji
Sameer!
going through a slump? nah! not you! you’re still tweeting.
maybe you’re putting too much pressure on yourself. hit some singles now. the home run swing will come back soon enough.
kk
Monday
July 21, 2008
Sameer Vasta
Ah, love that one! I’ll hit some singles, drive in a few runs. I’ll blast them out of the park later. =)
Monday
July 21, 2008
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Sunday
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