Tuesday 8th September, 2009

Questions for copywriters (1)

Why is it that, when you’re brimming with ideas for brilliant blog posts, you can never spare half an hour to write them?

Copywriter: Ben Locker

Category: copywriting
Tags: copywriting, questions for copywriters

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8 Comments

  1. Because creativity begets creativity? When you’ve working like mad, your thoughts will be percolating quite nicely and you’ll come up with doxens of brilliant ideas.

    When you’re vegetating, the best your catatonic mind will come up wit is “101 Lists That Will [Unfounded Claim]”

    I do hope that question wasn’t rhetorical.

    Comment left by Andy on Tuesday 8th September, 2009 at 4:18 pm

  2. Oh no. You mean that someone’s already nicked the 101 lists idea? Maybe I should do 102, just to stand out…

    Comment left by Ben Locker on Tuesday 8th September, 2009 at 4:20 pm

  3. I think it’s called ‘Sod’s Law’ :)

    Comment left by Terri-Jane on Tuesday 8th September, 2009 at 4:21 pm

  4. Sorry, I’ll have to wake up before I can think about your question. But seriously. It’s like, “why did I never start writing a novel until I had three children under 5?”

    Anyway, I’ve written two blog posts today! Both based on things other people wrote, though. And I have this great idea for another…

    Comment left by KEB on Tuesday 8th September, 2009 at 4:23 pm

  5. This is a truism – especially when what you want to write is related to current events. Deadlines appear from nowhere as soon as you strike a solid vein of creativity and you run out of time to mine it. Sod’s law? Lol. I try to keep my note app open on my desktop, so I can quickly “shorthand” the basic idea for “later”, whenever that may be. So far, I’m batting .750 but it’s been a slow month. :-)

    Comment left by Amod Munga (@phr0ggi) on Tuesday 8th September, 2009 at 4:23 pm

  6. If you’re anything like me, the answer is that whenever you do finally have time to write, there are 101 other things you’d rather do than blog. Which incidentally, sounds like rather a good idea for a new post…

    Comment left by Rob on Tuesday 8th September, 2009 at 4:34 pm

  7. Your question reminds me of Shishi Odoshi.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shishi_odoshi

    Comment left by imaitsme on Wednesday 9th September, 2009 at 8:22 am

  8. Give me a call. I’ll write 100 blog posts for you at $1 each.

    Comment left by Hoover on Tuesday 13th October, 2009 at 9:13 am

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