Blogger’s block, like writer’s block is difficult to overcome. And there are so many theories about what to do to overcome your lack of creativity.

For me, I see a difference between writer’s block and blogger’s block.

You see, bloggers are expected to post on a regular schedule. Be on top of the latest news for their niche, and report often. And while the majority of us are not journalists, we’re still expected to maintain a posting standard.

It’s this type of pressure that gets us. With the blogosphere buzzing about losing RSS subscribers if you don’t regularly post or our own need to have high traffic volumes that as bloggers we feel like we have to constantly keep at it, keep going, keep buzzing.

This is not an easy standard to live up to.

I’ll be the first to point out my gaps in blogging, if only for a few days at a time. But is it all writer’s block?

Not at all, I’ve got a full web design plate. Then there’s a family, a child, a life to maintain that at times has kept me from posting.

We all deal with these same issues and if it’s not web design for you, it’s something else. Knowing that we all deal with the same issues, on similar levels, I thought we could address how to overcome blogger’s block while still maintaining our normal posting schedule.

Set Your Posting Rate

Know how often you want to post, which days are the best days for you to make a post on and ditch the stress on the other days. By paying attention to your website statistics for just a few weeks you can gather up enough information to tell what are your highest traffic days of the week. Once you know that day or days, you can ensure, above all, that you have new posts on those days.

On I’m Blogging That, I know that I’m going to take a huge hit to visitors over the weekend (when I regularly don’t post) if I haven’t posted something on Friday. However, a post on Friday will keep my traffic up on the weekend and if the post is a tutorial or blogging informational post, the traffic will be even higher. Likewise, I better follow-up with a post on Monday!

Find Inspiration

Inspiration to blog is all over the place. The key to seeing it though is to not be looking for it. Sounds like an oxymoron right? But haven’t you noticed that some of your best blog posts come from moments when you’re not even thinking about blogging? By living your normal life, you’ll find inspiration all over the place to create a blog post that is uniquely you, even if it’s inspired by the post of another.

Books
Remember when you curled up on the sofa with a warm cup of tea, coffee or maybe a soda and read a book? You know, blogging hasn’t taken that away from you. Read the books you love, it doesn’t have to be about blogging, Internet, or computers. Your normal every day books are great sources for inspiration and usually will help you turn out some of those great blogging is like ____ posts.

Television
Watch news documentaries, your favorite movie, that seriously stupid laugh out loud show that you love. Taking your mind off of blogging is the key so if you go mindless in front of the television, you’re still removing the pressure of blogging. If you cannot gain inspiration from what you watch on TV then at least you can clear your mind to come back to focus on a blog post.

Blogs
Nothing wrong with finding inspiration from other bloggers! Read posts in your niche, see if you see a topic that you can expand on and give the blogger some link love. If another blogger sparks something for you there is no reason why you cannot expand on their thoughts and make any post a cross blog topic of conversation. The blogger will appreciate the link love and your visitors will enjoy an extra read from another perspective on the same subject.

Read Comments
Dig through the pages of you own blog and hit up your most popular posts. Read through the comments your visitors gave you to see if you can elaborate on a question that was asked or if the topics took a turn off topic to give you something completely new to talk about.

Get Out
You know, get in your car and go someplace? Maybe you want to put on your walking shoes and take a stroll around the block. If your house is like mine, your kid will love you for it and you’ll feel refreshed and just may come back with a new flow of inspiration for your blog post. And, don’t lose inspiration while you’re out and about! Take a notebook with you so that if something comes to you while you’re out, you can jot down notes to keep your inspiration when you get home.

Change the Scene
Maybe your normal work space is getting stale and boring! If you have the portability of a laptop, change the scene. There’s no reason why you have to be connected to the Internet to write a blog post.

Hit a café, the nearest park, another room in your house, the options are unlimited. You may find that a simple change of scenery is all you needed to get that jolt of creativity you were waiting for.

Allow Questions

Bloggers that regularly post tutorials or how to tips get asked a lot of questions from their visitors. If you find that’s the case with your blog, give your visitors a place to specifically shoot off a question to you. Answer your visitors questions will full posts. Chances are they’re asking because it’s a subject you know a lot about and they trust your response. Invite your visitors regularly to inspire your blog posts by asking you questions.

Network

I mean really, how many times have I said this? And I’m not just talking about your standard social networking here. Are you a member of any blogging forums? Chat with people on a forum and cruise a wide variety of topics. Bring up your hidden StumbleUpon toolbar and start stumbling posts. You’ll reach yourself out into a wide variety of topics that inspire you while still taking your mind off of the need to write that next big post.

Build a Post Arsenal

Now that you have found your inspiration for new posts, there’s no rule that says you only get to write one post at a time. If you have high inspiration to write and a variety of topics in mind, write them! Store your posts in your WordPress dashboard or simply save them to your hard drive to format for posting later.

When your post content is not time sensitive, there’s no reason why you cannot write several posts in one sitting. Don’t limit your creativity or inspiration! If you’ve got it, run with it. Later, when you reach another point of blogger’s block, you’ll be thankful you sat down and wrote out your ideas from the last jolt of inspiration. And your visitors will never notice that you had a tough time writing that day or week.

So, next time you’re starring blogger’s block in the face, how will you overcome the challenge and ease the stress? How do you build your inspiration and do you keep an arsenal of posts ready to be fired off?