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How to overcome writer’s block as a beginner de...

Ruth Ikegah
February 21, 2021

How to overcome writer’s block as a beginner dev blogger

All about Writer's block and how to overcome it.

Ruth Ikegah

February 21, 2021
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  1. 03 Objectives What we'd tackle What is Writer's Block Causes

    of Writer's Block How to overcome Writer's block
  2. What is Writer's Block? Writer's block is a condition, primarily

    associated with writing, in which an author loses the ability to produce new work or experiences a creative slowdown. 05
  3. 10 Lack of Motivation Low Internal motivation eg loss of

    desire to tell your story Lack of external motivation like attention and praise
  4. 11 Are these questions familiar? Oh my last post did

    not even get interactions! X writes so well, I could never do that! *New topic idea*, *starts intro*, :oh mehn I have lost this skill, look at the words i'm using" Oh my last post did not even get interactions!
  5. 17 Steps 01 Find your cause and deal with it

    02 Balance your inner critic 04 Write yourself out of it 03 Be vocal, talk to someone
  6. 18 “You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start

    out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it.That’s why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.”― Octavia E. Butler
  7. Task !! Write a blog post about what motivates/motivated you

    to start writing as a developer. Be expressive as possible. 19