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Live your life and take pleasure in the everyday things// the everyday moments... look at the details in your life. And write from there. Nothing is unimportant when it comes to writing.
I would like to suggest two books for you.. THE SOUND OF PAPER BY AUTHOR JULIA CAMERON and WRITING DOWN THE BONES, BY AUTHOR NATALIE GOLDBERG.. both classics in growing in your passion, writing.
I would like to suggest two books for you.. THE SOUND OF PAPER BY AUTHOR JULIA CAMERON and WRITING DOWN THE BONES, BY AUTHOR NATALIE GOLDBERG.. both classics in growing in your passion, writing.

I get dry spells like this too. I usually read more during this phase, and as suggested already, go out and do things and see things. I sometimes find inspiration in looking at pictures/photos on the internet - I usually google random words that are connected with things I'm interested in and just see what images come up and then try to find a story in the pictures/photos. Be assured, it WILL pass and the words will come back. :o)

Sometimes, though, I find that going back and editing previous work is useful too, killing two birds with one stone.






Prose writing just wasn't for me. Once I started writing comic book scripts, writer's block all but disappeared. :) I knocked out 1-51 page issue, 2- 24 page issues, & laid out 2 more issues of 24 pages. It took less than a month. I still take a writing break, but now it's more borne out of necessity.
I'll have to pick up some of the aforementioned books next time I get stuck. :-)
Blessings,
Lynn

One of her ideas is taking yourself (alone) on an "Artists Date" once a week- do something different- see a gallery, go to an antique shop, a flea market, walk on the beach...
I also really like the morning pages. If you aren't familiar w/ it / havent' read the book- you just sit & write- not journaling, not story making, (I suppose some of that can come out) but just stream of consciousness writing.
I also find that walking my dogs helps - no ipod- just me & the dogs & quiet. I get more ideas that way I think... I just had a title of a story come to mind on Sunday- and an idea for a book * 2 different projects, but 2 good ideas.
I also started clipping images from magazines for inspiration. Pretty things from decorating magazines, interesting looking people, etc. I can use it for writing prompts or for painting ideas.

Rarely am I writing if I'm not reading. Especially in my genre (poetry).
Lamott, Goldberg, Wooldridge (poemcrazy is another of hers) are all great.
One of the things I did a couple years ago was to use a pre-fab list of writing prompts for every day of the year. Even if I didn't feel like writing about that idea on a particular day, I would name a blank word document with the phrase or idea. Invariably, I would be doing something ordinary and mundane and the idea would pop into my mind. Just knowing I had documented an idea and could go back to it at any time seemed to help.
Now that I think about it, I should do that again. :)

Cindy -- http://www.lantier.org