I told her, write about that. About how she ****?ted to write, ****? found that she was blocked.

It got her on board again… hope that helps!

Edit: There is a very ****?d ****?k that has exercises/idea starters for writers, it’s called “The Pocket Muse” by Monica Wood. It’s found in the reference ***?ction of ****?kstores.

well, ray bradbury says he just lists a ***?ries of nouns, and once he’s done brainstorming, he *****?s one out of the list and ***?es where it takes him. ex: The Ravine, The Skeleton, The Carnival. All of these eventually became ***.es and inspiration for some of his most ***?mous stories.

David Morrell (man who created Rambo) has a written conversation w/ himself. that’s how he eliminates writer’s block.

My new idea was based on an old one i had a few years back, and ***?eing ***? my skills have improved I decided to re-do it with new ideas.

For you, I can only suggest using past experiences, or what I usually do is think of something i know about or feel strongly about. For example I do geography and geology in college and mainly focus on ****?mate change, so i wrote a story involving a flood with a few kids at the centre of the plot. They had their own problems and had to deal with them while trapped during a flood.

Now im writing – again from a 15yr olds point of view – of a new government authority that ***?ems to be trying to turn kids against the rest of the town, so the kids are trying to stop them by forming an ****?anisation of their own. And that complex story came from hearing my dad playing ‘beat it’ by michael jackson a few years back.

It all depends on what you find interesting and ***?n. Another idea is to listen to songs, or listen to the news, and sometimes things happen to you in your daily life. For example today I was on a bus and the driver must have pressed the wrong ****.n so this siren came on saying “this bus is under attack!” It was so ****?ry and I’m sat there thinkin “this is it, we’re gonna be hostages or somthing” …although maybe thats my ideas running away with me.

Listen, I’m so sorry for writing so much, ****? I really hope you get an idea and have ***?n writing again. Please tell me if you do.

Danielle Malone.

Some ***?ople don’t think writing exercises help, ****? I think they can be ***?n. One I know of is to try to write a story in 100 words, no more, no less. Or just a paragraph. Make it smaller to 50 words. I can’t remember the actual name of this…bah.

Anyway, procrastination is a big ***?lprit of writers block…just avoidance behaviour. ****? the best way is to work through it. Sit there and start typing. All of what you type you might think stinks, ****? ***? you keep writing, you’ll eventually stumble across something that you can go with and use.

Once you get started writing, it is ok to skip around in the story a little bit. Try writing a different scene if the scene you are on is making you stuck.

Or it could be what you previously written has gotten you stuck, so you might can revise the last scene so the next scene is on track.

Try writing something that you won’t use, put your characters in a weird situation and write about how they act in it.

Write the scene from another point of view to give you a new angle (even though you should stick with the same point of view throughout, this is just practice.)

Don’t worry about ***?rfecting…just write down the basics. Write a list of what will happen in the scene, phrases they might say…then put it together with those guidelines.

Don’t keep thinking about what you have already written. Move forward, not back.

Take a ****?d look at your outline, ***?k yourself all these questions to make sure you haven’t missed any plotholes. You might have to change things at this point to get it back going.

Try thinking about what made you ****?t to write this story to start with. The plot? The characters? Find a ****?k that has something similar and just lose yourself in it. When you finish it, you might have new energy on your story.

and if all else ***?ils, start a new project. Not every idea you come up with will be a winner…it is something we all ***?ce. In our minds it works out, ****? on paper…it just doesn’t do so well. No biggie, do something else and try to come back to it later.

again, those are ideas for a romance novel once you have already started. In general…try looking at these pages:

I’ve been doing this exercise on a regular basis for the past couple of years and it’s definitely helped me! Look up other writing exercises too. When you get into the habit of practicing, the creative juices will flow again.

Also, be sure to read ****?d ****?ks so you get in the right frame of mind. I find that when I’ve spent too much ***?me on the internet, my writing is way worse and has ****?r grammar/spelling/flow. You have to cleanse your mental and creative pallates occasionally.

Good luck!