need ideas... please help?

Question

see i love to write but i'm havign writers block and i can't think of anything to write about. so please help.

Answer 1

-Think of some unusual event that has occurred in your life and write it out.
-Write about an embarrassing moment you've experienced.
-Look outside and make up what you imagine two birds are calling to each other (or dogs in the neighborhood are saying to each other as they bark).
-Walk around a store and imagine the life of someone you see.
-Imagine that the extra LONG traffic light is really alive and annoying people by staying red longer than usual on purpose (perhaps because it doesn't like a certain brand of car or the color of the car...it's an insult to the light to see a red car, for instance, because it believes the driver is mocking its own beautiful color).

Washington Irving wrote a clever short story about old books talking to a person who comes to see them (one book is even complaining about that upstart Shakespeare and saying he was a nothing who would be forgotten quickly!). Take an idea like that and make it your own, perhaps having two modern novels you love talking to you and denigrating the other or two DVDs doing the same thing.

Do anything like that to get the juices flowing.

You could also get yourself a copy of this: The Writer's Block: 786 Ideas to Jump-Start Your Imagination by Jason Rekulak. It is so clever and creative, and the ideas really help. It's shaped like a post-it block (only thicker - about 3"). I like it.

Here's Amazon's description: "OK, so it's a gimmick. A book in the shape of a 3-inch block. It'll take up too much space on your bookshelf. Its 672 pages are unnumbered, making it nearly impossible to find the same one twice. It is full of contradictory advice. And once you've used the book a few times, it'll more closely resemble a splayed slinky than a block. So what? Author Jason Rekulak believes that inspiration "can be found anywhere--in dreams, highway billboards, newspaper personal ads, the Yellow Pages, restaurant menus, family photo albums, and bizarre morning TV talk shows." He has packed his stubby little book with kindling aplenty to ignite the fire of your writer's imagination. Open randomly to photographs and spark words ("traffic jam," "waiting," "hitchhiker," "prom"), writing challenges, and writing topics. "Chronicle the longest amount of time you've ever gone without sleeping," recommends one page. "Write about the biggest secret that you failed to keep," advises another. Describe "ten minutes that still make you cringe," urges a third. Write about one of the 300,000 Americans who consume at least 10 cups of coffee every day, or one of the 100 people who have registered with the Florida Department of Corrections to witness an execution, or one of the 3,500 members of the International Flat Earth Society. If none of that is enough to bump up your production rate, follow the lead of crime writer Charles Willeford. "Never allow yourself to take a leak in the morning until you've written a page," he says. "That way, you're guaranteed a page a day, and at the end of a year you have a novel." --Jane Steinberg"

Answer 2

The best way to overcome writer's block is to write something silly but creative. For example, simply write about what a cloud would say on a rainy day. Or, what do shoelaces think about long walks in the rain. Or, what can we learn from a donut hole? Or, if you scare a duck, why doesn't it 'duck' instead of flying off? Or, do chairs ever get tired of sitting still? Or, you think of something silly to explore. Let your mind go and just have fun.

Best wishes and good luck.

Answer 3

When faced with writer's block, I like to take a break and read a book or two that I've been meaning to read. This gives my mind a break. I find it helps, when I go back to my writing, I re-read it and I am given a new perspective on it. Its like reading it for the first time.

Answer 4

Pick up a copy of Writer's Journal magazine - they have a quarterly contest where they give you the first part of a first line ... I've only actually submitted to it once, but it's helped start a lot of stories once my mental idea well has gone dry.

Answer 5

mix the plots of your 5 favorite books together but make alterations!!!-then make the protagonist embody your best friend!!!:qualities, looks, strengths, weaknesses-you will be writing a short story AND learning and taking th time to think about who and what your best friend is really like.

Answer 6

write about a princess who lives in a castle with a handsome prince, who wakes up to her real life, on the streets of detroit, old and homeless and watching her life rot away

hmm i think i'll write this too.......

Answer 7

do not think about it and go out have some nice time and i think u will be able to write after that

Answer 8

http://www.plotshot.com/

Plot generator!