I recently experienced the opposite of writer's block that cut my writing productivity and nearly threatened to knock me away from writing on the Internet. To me, the opposite of writer's block is having too many ideas and too little time to develop them adequately.

I rarely experience writer's block: the dearth of ideas when sitting down to compose. Currently, I'm writing a novel, re-writing a web site and posting online articles for a client who owns apartment buildings and engaging in marketing and sales for an interactive agency. I see ideas everywhere on writing about Pasadena, California or the process of buying and selling a home in western Pennsylvania in conjunction with my sister who's a real estate agent.

But when the trials of life get in the way and there's little time to write, the ideas are stashed in my head and I can't find the way to get them into a Word doc and onto a site like Hubpages. I think of one idea, I sit down to write, and immediately so many other angles and possibilities come pouring in and then i get interrupted and I can't process everything. It's like rush hour on the 405 freeway in LA, or like a computer running low on virtual memory.

Finally, today, sitting down to write this literary and professional confession will free me from my own self-discovery.

How have I dealt with the opposite of writer's block?

#1 Being patient - my family has experienced deeply emotional and challenging times in the past few weeks. I knew that deep down inside while my writing has been interrupted it doesn't mean that I would never get back to it.

#2 Reminding myself of a marathon - writing online and developing content is like running a marathon and not a sprint. Being someone who has run many marathons, I kept reminding myself that I'm at a prolonged "water stop."

#3 Cataloging ideas - the ideas that come to me I see as possibilties to explore and develop. I handle that as a positive and I mentally file them and some I even jot down in a Word doc for future reference.

#4 Creating a free web site - I just created a free web site on Weebly.com to highlight the fixing up of a property in Pennsylvania. I ran Google Adsense on it and enjoyed seeing the few cents pop up the other day. It's rejuvenated me.

#5 Learning from other writers - in the past, when working on a script or some other project, I would feel competitive with other writers and even jealous. I see those on Hubpages clicking away while I seem to languish. But I've learned to enjoy what I read and not worry about my score, etc., knowing that I will earn it back.

It's good to write this Hub and I look forward to writing many more as I regain the time to write on topics of interest.