It's the bottom of the 9th your creativity is at an all time low and you have a web page to write (or a blog entry, or an article, or a story, or a letter, or a thank you note, or a ). That deadline's making you crazy, isn't it?

Stop.

Dont worry about the deadline! Don't worry that you can't write! You're bigger than that! You're better than that! In fact, there IS no deadline. There's nothing wrong with your creativity, it's just as good as it always was. And you CAN write whatever you want. (That's the mindset you want but don't worry about forcing it. Just read and implement the three tips in this article, and the right mindset will come automatically).

Let me tell you a secret: writer's block is a myth! And myths aren't real. Myths are stories that people make up to explain things they don't understand.

When people make up stories about "getting in touch with the Muse" or make excuses like "I have writer's block, I can't write", that isn't helpful information to your mind. There's no solution to that problem. Creativity is a positive response to an inner desire for making something, getting paid, building a web site or a business, or to fulfill some need you just don't understand (which is perfectly valid for artistic and introspective types!)

So, why does it feel like you can't start? Because you're focusing on not starting.

Here are my three tips for you to banish writer's block, write whatever you want, for whatever reason, and be happy with your outcome.

1. What's your topic? Remarkably enough, you may be suffering from the fabled writer's block because you haven't clearly identified your topic. Oh sure, you said something like "I want to write a piece about baseball, or checkers, or dahlias", but what about it? Spend your first few minutes focusing on whatever it is about your topic that gets you interested, or better yet, will get your audience interested.

When I write articles for my blog or web site I start with a keyword or two, so I have a general idea of my topic, but topic also has to do with the point of the article, or why I'm writing it. Everything you write has a point, or a desired outcome, no matter what you write, which leads me to tip #2, which is:

2. What is your "Most Wanted Response?" Are you a fiction writer? Is your "most wanted response" to have lots of people read your stories, maybe even buy your book? Do you write articles for your own or for someone else's content web site? If so, perhaps your "most wanted response" is to have people click through to a sales page, or contact you for more information on your products or services.

Granted most of my writing is nonfiction now, but I wrote fiction and poetry in college. My "most wanted response" with those fiction assignments was to complete them so I could turn them in. When I wrote to be published, my "most wanted response" was to create a piece that the editors would like enough to publish, which is what I wanted them to do.

It doesn't matter if you write fiction, nonfiction or poetry. You have a response that you desire from your reader. Figure that out, and you are 2/3rds of the way to success!

Tip #2 is to know your "most wanted response". If you know what results you want, more than half of your battle is won! But, like a dog chasing a car, once he catches that car, what's he going to do with it? More specifically, once you catch your reader, what do you do with her? That's my cheesy segue to tip #3, which is:

3. Notice that you are now working in the solution. You've identified your topic and you know what you want your readers to do when they read your piece. You thought you'd been suffering from writer's block. You now know that there's no such thing and that you can start your piece. So, tip #3 is: START WRITING!

Notice that most of your work has occurred before you even put pen to paper, or before you sit at the keyboard. You may even have the sense that the piece is already written. Here's where you really get to feel creative (and know whether or not your first two steps are in place)... BEGIN! Bring that article into the world!

I have a quote from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on the wall in front of my writing space. I use this quote to motivate me to start articles, blog postings as well as large business projects.

"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it."

That quote summarizes these three tips: dream, know what the end looks like and make it happen. Once you get that creativity ball rolling, you can't lose, unless you stop it!