Bob Simms
It may seem a trite answer, but the answer is to write. If I can't think of anything I'll write a short story arund a cliche or saying, I'll look at the person sitting opposite me on the train and imagine the weirdest thing I can about them, I think of popular ideas and try to turn them on their head. Anything to get that first sentence on the screen. Once the first sentence sounds right the second one follows, and after an hour or so I have 2,000 words. It may not be anything to do with the book I'm working on, but it's writing, the wheels have started to turn and then I can start writing on the current project.
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