Monday, March 5, 2007

52. Your blog is your nuclear weapon (of mass instruction, not destruction)

Nuclear energy is released by the splitting of a Uranium atom into two smaller atoms.

The same metaphor can be used in writing a blog if you continually refine your statements into finer and finer distinctions. This is the easiest way to systematically create NEW knowledge.

For example, let's way I write something like "Using Linkedin is a good idea to develop one's career."

I can then "refine" that sentence by splitting it into two distinctive sentences:

1. Using Linkedin is a good idea to develop one's career THROUGH NETWORKING
2. Using Linkedin is a good idea to develop one's career THROUGH ACQUIRING VALUABLE KNOWLEDGE BY READING THE LINKEDIN ANSWERS BOARD

The above "nuclear" method of generating content, is just one of the many, many methods I use as a writer.

Writer's block is a myth or it might be a convenient excuse for writers who are too lazy to use systematic methods for generating ideas and knowledge.

The fact is, any normal person can create new knowledge by continually refining his/her original statements. Of course, these statements should be about a field where you have a fair amount of knowledge and experience.

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