Use This Simple Technique To Never Run Out Of Things To Write About

Staring at the blank page waiting for the perfect idea to come is a recipe for disaster.

The perfect idea won’t magically appear. You have to actively search for it.

I used to wait for an idea to come before I wrote anything.

Which meant I hardly wrote at all.

That changed when I started a journaling habit. Not the kind of journaling where you write about your day.

The kind of journaling where you ask yourself questions to become wiser about yourself and the things you’re interested in.

In this issue I’m going to go through an easy way to ask yourself questions so you never run out of topics to write about.

First Question: What?

The WHAT question is all about defining a topic.

If for instance the topic is journaling, the question could be: “What is journaling?”  Then you can write bullet points underneath the question which are defining markers of journaling.

You might not end up using it for anything, but it’s always great to have a clear and easy understanding of a topic before you dive deeper into it.

Second Question: Why?

Asking why is when things start to get analytical. We’re digging a little deeper.

The question could be: “Why do I journal?” Or “Why do people in general journal?”

Again you would then write bullet points underneath the question, putting down all the reasons you can think of.

Third Question: How?

Asking how is when things get practical. You can offer a solution to a problem you or other people are having.

These are the kind of questions that can lead to you writing an ultimate guide or creating a course.

So, next time you are stuck on what to write about, remember WHAT, WHY, HOW.

What is journaling?

Why do I journal?

How do I journal?

The bullet points are your outline. So if the answer to your question is interesting enough you would then go in and fill out your outline.

It could become anything from a long form social media post, a blog post, a chapter in a book, or some kind of paid product.

And the question can go deeper than that. You could dive into a subtopic of journaling for instance. Write about journaling as a mindful practice, or journaling as idea searching.

Hope this technique will prove helpful to you the same way it does for me too.

Talk to you next monday.