Title: I am trying to learn to write some interesting essays&#x2F;blog post, and I need some advice, because I&#x27;m completely stuck.<p>I have had trouble coming up with things to talk about my whole life. I read a lot, and I feel like I know a lot of things, but when I sit down to write my mind goes completely blank, I have nothing to say, or rather I feel like there&#x27;s nothing worth writing about.<p>I don&#x27;t have anything to say to people who know less than me, because explaining obvious things seems boring, and I don&#x27;t know what to say to people on HN&#x2F;LessWrong, because I feel like they are smarter than me and already know everything I am about to say.<p>For example when I read Eliezer Yudkowsky&#x27;s essays, I think that I already know a lot of the things he is talking about, so before I&#x27;ve read them I had this information in my head, information that could be turned into some interesting writing. I was supposed to be able to write at least something similar, but clearly I didn&#x27;t. I assume I have some interesting information in my mind, it can&#x27;t be completely empty, but when I try to come up with topics for essays I hit this weird roadblock, and end up with nothing.<p>Recently I&#x27;m making some progress at writing fiction, but with essays I&#x27;m completely stuck, I&#x27;ve got <i>nothing</i>. It&#x27;s like I&#x27;m missing some key element necessary to just start writing things.<p>Can you help me out? Do you have any advice that could help me to get started?
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