Blogging Insights – New Format # 15

Some bloggers have a blogging schedule and blogging strategy. They have their topics mapped out and write according to a carefully thought out plan. Others need a source of inspiration, some idea, or event that sets them typing away. Lois L’Amour, an author best known for his Western novels, believes otherwise as you can see in the quote below:

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“Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned.” — Louis L’Amour

I think the question of whether an idea must be necessary before you start writing/blogging or whether the will to write sets the ideas flowing is a bit like asking “Was the egg before the hen or the hen before the egg?”

I am no expert. From personal experience, however, that writing in both a personal or professional setting is a bit of a mixture. At times, an idea seizes me and demands to be written down. Other time I sit down to write with a blank page and with no clear idea of what I intend to put down but the words flow. To some extent I agree with L’Amour, your words will not flow until you turn the tap on but it is not the whole story.

What do you think?

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