Early on in my blogging career, years before Steemit, I was in my "shakedown cruise" stage as a blogger. This is where I'd come home after work and plop down in front of my old Compaq computer and bang out my next blog post.

Bitcoin had gone from a dollar per token up to $200 and then back down again, and I was hearing the "told you so's" from the Luddites here who dumped on anything crypto.

But I kept on writing, and found my voice by putting each post together in stages.

I've never been one of those people to stare at a blinking cursor (and a blank mind) wondering what in the world to type next. The moment I'm bereft of inspiration, I'm off doing something else until the spark returns.

I'll go for a walk, surf the web to see what may inspire me, or just tackle mundane tasks, and like a lightening bolt, THAT'S when I get that aha! moment, and I head back to my keyboard to write it all down.

Getting it all Down

Some of my best posts (and post ideas), have come to me that way. Sometimes I just have one good line and that's it.

Down it goes.

An hour later I might be doing the laundry, and an entire paragraph comes into view in my fertile little mind, so I add that. Bit by bit the post comes together over a number of hours (and sometimes days) until its complete.

But none of it would be possible without those little breaks that allow your imagination to be watered and pollinated, then grow into a healthy tree of creativity.

Now, sometimes I do get that rush of inspiration where the entire post comes to me at once as if I'm snatching the words out of the air with my bare hands. Those posts are like a gift, and I'm always grateful for them.

But most of the time it's start-and-stop where the entire piece is assembled like a fun little puzzle until the full picture is revealed.

For me, both ways are fun ways to exercise the muscles of creativity. It's a great way to keep your mind sharp and your senses attuned, so that you're ready to grab that next post as the words are floating by in the air.