Blocked? Stop Typing!

The title of this short post from the 37 Signals Blog says it all: Writer’s Block is Sometimes Just Typer’s Block. If you’re having trouble writing, try this:

Record the conversation where you get it out right. When you speak an idea, it engages a different part of your brain than when you write it. You often say it clearer when you’re just riffing aloud. And you get to more gut-level stuff too. You bypass that “should I say this?” filter. You get it straight from your gut/brain instead of your fingers.

As someone who used to dictate all the time, I’ve gotten away from the think first, type later model of writing, but am going to break out my digital recorder and give it another try.