If there’s one thing that puts people off from maintaining a regular blog it’s doing it all from sitting in front of a computer.

Picture the scene.

You get home from work or town, you pull out the laptop, full of the best intentions to write a blog post. You’re not sure EXACTLY what you’re going to blog about but you know it will come to you. You log into your blog admin area, call up the create a post page and then… nothing.

You look to the left, look to the right. You put in a title, remove it again. You get the first few lines in, file the post away to drafts and never come back to it again.

Some people call it ‘bloggers block’. I just call it part of the process.

We all draw inspiration from a wide variety of sources. Some people get in the zone as soon as they sit in front of a computer. Others come up with terrific ideas for posts and blog entries when they’re out on the town, out amongst friends, just off a phone call in the office, driving from a to b. What you need to do is be able to take that inspiration and your new thoughts and get them to your blog.

Hence, the power of the pen.

I can’t travel anywhere without a notepad and a pen or two. Something small mind you, just enough to fit in your back pocket or coat pocket, or one that slides easily into your bag.

No matter where I am, even if it’s just a quick thought I’ve had - a one liner - or two to three pages of ideas that just start leaking out, the pen and paper are there to catch them.

Next time you sit down at the laptop to write a blog post you’ll just need to reach for your notebook and unlock a real world of ideas and thoughts.

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