How to overcome writer’s block as a beginner dev blogger

All about Writer's block and how to overcome it.

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1. How to overcome writer’s block as a beginner dev blogger 01
2. 02 About me? I'm Ruth Ikegah Python Developer Technical writer, GitHub Star and Cake lover
3. 03 Objectives What we'd tackle What is Writer's Block Causes of Writer's Block How to overcome Writer's block
4. 04 Introduction
5. What is Writer's Block? Writer's block is a condition, primarily associated with writing, in which an author loses the ability to produce new work or experiences a creative slowdown. 05
6. 06 Causes of Writer's Block
7. 07 Self Doubt and Criticism Impostor syndrome Run out of ideas
8. 08 Burnout Physical/mental fatigue from other works Loss of appeal in writing pattern
9. 09 Perfectionism Wanting the perfect draft, topic or content
10. 10 Lack of Motivation Low Internal motivation eg loss of desire to tell your story Lack of external motivation like attention and praise
11. 11 Are these questions familiar? Oh my last post did not even get interactions! X writes so well, I could never do that! *New topic idea*, *starts intro*, :oh mehn I have lost this skill, look at the words i'm using" Oh my last post did not even get interactions!
12. 12 Icebreaker activity! "I am Writer" in the chat box
13. 13 You are not alone
14. 14 My experience with Writer's Block
15. 15 Icebreaker activity! Think of your next topic idea and put in the chat
16. 16 How to overcome Writer's Block
17. 17 Steps 01 Find your cause and deal with it 02 Balance your inner critic 04 Write yourself out of it 03 Be vocal, talk to someone
18. 18 “You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it.That’s why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.”― Octavia E. Butler
19. Task !! Write a blog post about what motivates/motivated you to start writing as a developer. Be expressive as possible. 19
20. Thanks for listening! You can connect via ruthikegah@gmail.com @ikegahruth TWITTER 20