One of the greatest difficulties with writing anything is the desire to say too much.
I’ve known many people who think that there is no way they can write a 3-5 page paper about topic X.
In my own experience, even the most concise summary of opposing views, connected issues, potential inferences from available data, practical suggestions for further study, and speculation as to applications of discovered data typically entail the longest and most boring type of prose. There is no way around it. The hardest part of writing is knowing what not to say. Writer’s block may happen with fiction, but with non-fiction the only block is the paralyzing feeling of not being sure where the evidence leads or being afraid to say one thing because other things must then be left out.
Of course depending on what your are writing about or for makes a difference, but in regards to blogs I have found that unless it is really interesting, if there is more than I can see in the browser immediately on opening the article, I will not finish it. So I try to do the same with my boring posts.
Ha, that’s probably true.
I’m currently writing a devotional commentary on the Sermon on the Mount with academic discussion relegated to foot notes. Even the briefest explanations feel far too long.