How To Go On When You've Nothing To Go On!!!

Basic Tips For Inspiration!

Here below I have compiled a few basic tips on how to inspire yourself now that you have gotten over your Writer's Block. Don't worry, I will not be asking you to consume magic mushrooms or any of that sh*t, these are just plain and simple things-you-can-do-and-recover-from, and here they are:

INSPIRATION!!!

1• Listening to music

Personally, I find that listening to a song with a good storyline can really boost your creativity. Pop on your favorite set of headphones, select a fitting song (eg. if you want to write a war story, play a military/combat based song. If you want to write a romance, listen to a love song, etc.) and try to create an image in your head based on what you feel the song is about. Feel the beat, feel the rhythm, let the sound manifest itself in your imagination as a true work of theatrical art. I find this to be one of my go-to places for inspiration.

2• Exercise

I believe I have gone over this topic before, but I also believe it is important to emphasize what people don't like but know is good for them. Hit the gym, jog through the park, even just a brisk walk will get that heart pumping and mind thinking!

3• Read

It very often happens where you start writing, but can't figure out how to get past a certain point. If you are one of these, keep calm and panic, because fortunately there are many skilled, professional writers who know how to take a tight turn without falling off the cart. Unfortunately, you are going to have to refrain from writing to read the work of these epic professional writers!

4• Set challenges

Ask a dear friend of yours to give you a simple sentence (such as "The hospital is red"), you then must take this sentence and modify it as well as you can to give it a "novelistic" approach (such as "John stood before the building, his mouth agape. His knees hit the floor as his legs gave out beneath him, crushing the rubble-strewn beneath him. He lifted his chin to the heavens and emitted a cry of severe agony, caused by the unbearable sight before him, 'The hospital is scarlet red!' He wailed.")

5• Use plenty adjectives

What I must warn you of first is to avoid over-using adjectives. Try to use descriptive writing, but stay minimal — don't use more words than necessary. Like so:

Phrase: Can of peas.

✓ Do: A proud can of fresh green peas.

X Don't: A big, huge, silver tin can of small, sweet, tiny, squishy green peas.

The point of doing this is to make a writing piece more enjoyable, interesting and understandable, not turn a 200 work page into a 1000 word block of letters.

IMPROVEMENT!!!

There's really not much can say for this. Sorry, that was absolute hogwash, surely there is a lot to be said about this. As I have stated above, using plenty of adjectives and descriptive writing can make any novel so much better. But first of all, planning. Planning is so essential to having a good story. Take a few days to think out your planning thoroughly, write it down if that helps, then leave it to simmer for a few days, let new ideas develop. The worst thing you can do is start writing the moment you grab hold of a good idea without planning it through first. This often leads the writer to a dead end and lack of decent — if even any — material before they've even finished the first chapter.

Build a timeline! If you happen to have any A1 pages of paper lying around, grab it and draw a line from the one side to the other. On the one side, usually the left, write how and when the story takes place, on the other side, usually, the right, jot down how, when and why the story ends, then finally, in the middle of the line, write down where the middle of the story will take place, what will take place and how it will take place. From here on you are free to add on to the pieces you have written, this should help develop the story on a much deeper level. Writing it on paper, with pen or pencil is essential. Writing so has proven to bring forth more promising developments in both creativity and memory, as opposed to simply typing on a keyboard.

I hope I have brought a blessing and not a burden on both you and myself by writing this entry. May the odds of creativity and skill be in your favor and bless you all the way.

Best wishes

SociableCoffeeBean
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If you have any questions that you wish to ask that I may not have covered or fully explained in this summary, please do ask them in the comment section.