Dealing with Writers Block

Dealing with Writers Block:

As a “Tech. Guy / CAD person” the normal work flow involves creating drawings and or solving a problem with other users that are involved with AutoCAD, or Technical drafting. One of the reasons I started my consulting business is because I feel that I’m very good at what I do which is just being a drafter (or draftsman for you old timers). Give me something to draw or ask me to show you how to do something and I would draw, or draft it up for you. If you asked me to explain what I have done either verbally, or in words “forget about it”…

So I ask, how does the “non-writer” deal with “Writers Block”

Obviously, in some instances, I have gotten over this problem. In fact, I am proud to say beside this blog, I have written a few articles for Cadalyst magazine: (http://www.cadalyst.com/management/news/tips-amp-tools-weekly-vol-11-no-44-7287). That being said, at times, I still run into problem writing college term papers. Yes believe it or not, I’m still going to school, primarily to keep up with the times and to keep my CAD skills fresh. For the 1st time since taking college English 101, I’m challenged. It’s not the process of writing, it’s actually having a true “Writers Block”.

With time, anyone can write a decent or “acceptable” college term paper.  With this one course that I’m taking, a term paper, or blog is due every week, no exceptions. Piece of cake right, except…the work must be of your own, no paraphrasing (or using bibliography, etc., etc., etc…), and it must be 15 sentences or “3 paragraphs” which is a problem when you have no time. Since I do not consider myself a writer this is a problem especially considering I do not go to school full-time (I work for a living hopefully like you do). As usual the topics you get to write about are about things that everyone knows about, right ;-)

So, to wrap this up, it seems I have a problem or that I’ve developed a “Writers Block” when it comes to creating a paper or blog on a weekly basis, about a topic that I know nothing about. As a student, or technical person, that’s not a technical writer by trade, I’m asking anyone that does write for a living “how do you deal with the Writers Block”?