| Here are some more fun, quick ideas to jumpstart | | | | take fifteen minutes to write from a prompt. You |
| your creativity. | | | | might find a great scene unfold before your eyes. |
| - Try something completely foreign to you. Go play | | | | - Read a book out of genre or, if you haven't done |
| bingo. Talk to strangers. Ride in a hearse or on a | | | | so for a while, read a book on writing. If you're a |
| horse. Go by the Harley Davidson store and pretend | | | | romance writer, pick up a Harlan Coben novel. Not as |
| you're interested in buying a bike. Go to the opera. | | | | big a stretch as a Harlan Coben reader picking up a |
| Learn sign language. Blindfold yourself for the morning. | | | | romance novel, is it? Hey suspense writers, you |
| Listen to rap music. Listen to talk radio. I picked up a | | | | might be surprised! Dig through your boxes and find |
| book the other day at B&N on the sale table: | | | | On Writing by King, or Write Away by Elizabeth |
| 2,001 Things to Do Before You Die. Not only is it a | | | | George or any number of great books on writing. Or |
| great idea book to get you out of a rut, it's a | | | | maybe THE writing bible - Swain's Techniques of the |
| treasure house of situations, goals or nightmares for | | | | Selling Writer. I find that I brainstorm well when I'm |
| your characters. | | | | reading other things. So, I keep an index card handy |
| - Write from a prompt. There are tons of writing | | | | to capture those thoughts. I hope you'll find these |
| prompts on the web and even books of prompts. If | | | | tips useful and thought provoking. |
| you just can't get into your WIP (work in progress), | | | | |