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Content writing prompts: 5 ideas to ignite your imagination
Constantly trying to come up with content ideas day in and day out can seem like a daunting task, and after a while it’s inevitable that you’ll experience moments where you find yourself staring at an empty page and a blinking cursor, trying to figure out what to write about.
On those days, I like to turn to the world of content prompts. For both myself and my clients, using creative writing prompts as a starting point for a blog or social media post can help to ignite the imagination.
Here are 5 to get you started.
Writing tips: How to take a pass on passive voice
With the incredible amount of content we have access to nowadays if someone isn’t able to quickly and concisely grasp key information from your content that is valuable, interesting, and relevant to them, chances are you won’t be able to hold their attention.
Write every day, blog every day?
When he starts talking about writing, writing habits, and advice, you can really hear the teacher coming through. How amazing would it be to say you were in Stephen King's class? Do his former students walk around bragging about it? I would.
Improve your writing with these easy tips
When people send me something to edit, these are some things I'd change if I found them. I try to make my writing simple and clean, especially since I write mostly for web/digital mediums. After all, K.I.S.S. (keep it simple, silly) is the #1 rule in digital media.
Get curious and stay curious
How many times a day do you ask yourself or someone else a question about how something works? Or maybe it's a question about whether some idea you have exists.
Do you ever attempt to answer the question for yourself? Is your favourite search engine a regularly visited website?
Is writing a challenge for you? Try these tips!
The internet makes it so easy for just about anyone to become a content publisher, but writing doesn't come easily to everyone. It's a good thing that writing is a skill you can improve with practice - whether you consider yourself to be a writer or not!
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