Do you need inspiration to write? Adopt a couple of these techniques to keep your mind always active and looking for new inspiration.
Steps
Method 1 of 1: Find the Inspiration to Write
Step 1. Always carry a notebook or tape recorder with you to capture sudden inspirations
Write your thoughts more formally later.
Step 2. Rest in a calm atmosphere or surround yourself with noise
Sit in the woods or on the corner of a busy street.
Step 3. Listen to different types of music, such as jazz or folk
Classical music works too, because it generates a lot of emotions. Listen to the works of great composers.
Step 4. Watch a movie and write a review based on the setting or emotion that arose
Step 5. Read different genres and write some sort of comparative essay
Step 6. Write something about manual work, such as pottery
Focus on their story or on a particular aspect.
Step 7. Search for a topic on the internet
To be a writer, you have to love reading.
Step 8. Use your old work as a reference point
Reread the story you wrote in first grade, in which you told how you lost a glove.
Step 9. Do some free writing exercises
Choose a topic and keep writing for a set period of time; don't focus on spelling, punctuation and grammar.
Step 10. Dig into a topic in multiple directions; it's like adding different ingredients when experimenting with a recipe
Step 11. Create several solutions for a problem
Write three pages that focus on two solutions.
Step 12. Write a list of compelling pros and cons on a particular topic, such as a boyfriend
Step 13. Play a game that stimulates your strategic skills
Step 14. Choose a word and quickly associate it with another
Example: yellow could lead to sunflower, then to summer, winter, snow, no school day and so on.
Step 15. Keep a journal
Focus on the events and emotions of everyday life.
Step 16. Record an event or adventure in your life
Reflect on your point of view.
Step 17. Record an emotion
Describe the anger, compassion, or grief in detail.
Step 18. Create a fantasy world
Step 19. Write about one of your passions, such as gardening or your children
Step 20. Use writing as a way to escape from reality
Step 21. Write about a cause that interests you, such as global warming
Step 22. Write different aspects of a story on slips of paper
Mix them. Choose a context, characters and plot.
Step 23. Create a draft and return to it after a couple of days to allow new ideas to surface
Step 24. Sit down and observe
Observe people without judging them, trying to dig into their past to develop your characters.
Step 25. Listen to conversations for inspiration
Imagine what happened before you heard that conversation and what will happen next.
Step 26. Imagine a person's life story based on their appearance, attitude, or the book they are reading
Step 27. Describe a person riding a bicycle or preparing a meal
Step 28. Create a series of conversations between two characters
Conversations make characters more realistic.
Step 29. Describe a main character in detail, focusing on thoughts influenced by past experiences
Step 30. Write a description of an object, such as an heirloom
Step 31. Keep an open mind
Give yourself time to focus on a subject before considering a new idea.
Step 32. Take a walk in the park
The mind can be more creative and free to make associations in moments of leisure or when focused on other activities.
Step 33. Browse through magazines
Take a cue from art, jewelry, crafts, or things you love.
34 Try to observe things around you with a different attitude
What could be a weed for someone, could be a beautiful flower just blooming for you.
35 Express emotions
Write how you feel when you are angry, sad, happy or sick.
Advice
- Never surrender.
- Review brainstorming techniques.
- Try to always have a pen and notebook with you.
