Here are a few writing tidbits for inspiration.
- Put on some music and write whatever it makes you think about. Headphones work best for this.
- Turn the sound (and captioning) off the television and watch a program you’ve never seen before. Can you tell what’s happening? How? Jot down some descriptions of movements, facial expressions, etc. that tell you what the actors’ moods are. Now, choose a scene from one of your works and rewrite it using some of these ideas.
- If your boss were an animal, what kind would he/she be?
- You are an incredibly brilliant mad scientist. What will be your first experiment?
- List all the phobias you can think of. Now, list some "odd" phobias that you haven’t heard of. For example, fear of pizza, rubber bands, snow shovels, ferrets, etc. Write a story about a character that has an unusual phobia.