A Great Comeback from Writer's Block: 3 Methods to Save You by Elevating Daily Life into Note Posts

Oh no... what should I write about...?
*I am not actually from Kansai

I'm sure everyone who writes on note has experienced this at some point, right?

I am constantly facing that crisis.

However, as a result, I have posted 21 notes in the last month.

I will introduce how I squeeze out note content by dividing it into three patterns.

As a premise, please be aware that I write many articles based on daily life combined with my own theories.

I will introduce them candidly, including the pros, cons, and specific examples.

1. Digging up relatable topics

You probably see this often on social media, right?

This is a pattern where you rethink for yourself about topics that are already established as relatable in society.

Pros
・Easy to gain empathy
・There are countless themes lying around

Cons
・Since they have been talked about to death, it is difficult to show originality

Specific Example 1

This article is exactly as the title suggests, themed around the short-sleeved foreigners who appear in winter, whom everyone has witnessed at least once.

The point of this article is the "presentation."

Specifically, I presented it as a project with the concept of posting on Threads and getting closer to the truth through replies.

In the article, I introduce the content of the replies, investigate it myself, and write my own conclusion based on that.

As you can see if you look at the article, this conclusion sounds deep but isn't actually deep.

I thought that even if I didn't say anything deep in this article, it would work as a reader-participatory project on Threads.

Specific Example 2

This article focuses on the phrase "kids these days," a complaint that older people have been making about the younger generation for a long time.

The key point of this article is a unique perspective.
*It's embarrassing even though it doesn't get many likes, and the speed of reuse is abnormal, isn't it?

Generally, when people say "kids these days," it's almost always about the stubbornness of old people criticizing the youth.

However, if the same thing has been repeated for 2,000 years, I thought, could there be some interesting essence hidden that can be dug deeper into? I thought.

I thought about why people end up saying "kids these days" in my own way, and if both sides understand the cause, we might be able to convert it into a positive meaning instead of ending with words that attack each other.

This is a method of converting negative thoughts into positive ones.

2. Denying (or questioning) trends and general theories

This is a method of denying the majority opinion.

You need to be careful with this, as one wrong step can make you look like just a contrarian.

Pros
・The target readership becomes wider
・There are countless themes for this as well

Cons
・Requires a certain level of persuasiveness. One wrong step, and you'll be seen as just a contrarian.

Concrete example

This article questions the trend that the word "90%" is overflowing in the titles of every genre of book, and describes my thoughts on it.

In this pattern, the act of questioning itself can sometimes create awareness. You see it casually every day, but it leads to the impression, "That's certainly true."

However, regarding the question of why it is 90%, a certain level of persuasiveness and depth of thought is required in the answer.

Specific thoughts are introduced in the previous article and the article below.

3. Disclosure of the article creation process

This article is exactly that.

The foundation of this method is article recycling.
*To put it bluntly, it also involves cutting corners.

Even if a piece you poured your heart into ends up going nowhere, calmly consider if there is anything you can reuse.

Pros
- You can't help but show originality
- You can reuse articles
- It's very easy to write since you don't have to think of anything new

Cons
- It's basically embarrassing because it's about yourself

Concrete Example

This very note.

In this note, I am talking candidly about how I created my favorite articles.

Honestly, it's embarrassing.

But I am secretly hoping that there might actually be a demand for this.

Conclusion

What did you think?

Method 3 in particular is something you can do right now, so I highly recommend it.

If this is well-received, I plan to post notes like this regularly.