Read something odd

Pick up a wacky or odd magazine or book. Grab something with a cover that makes you laugh or cringe, the kind that makes you react to whatever is written in it. Try to read it cover to cover in your search for creative inspiration.

Well in this insert, I shoot this kinda creative inspiration all the time. That's why I like writing this way as well. I would say don't just use a book, or a magazine to inspire you, use life. And what I mean by that is use whatever you hear on radio, a conversation that you may be having with someone, maybe a little innocent easdroppin as well. Also search for creative inspiration as well.

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Storyboard

Use multiple sheets of paper to draw some ideas. See how you can connect the ideas by hanging them on a wall and filling in the gaps between each by creating new cards with new ideas.

I like this idea myself, cause I use it quite often myself when it comes down to me writing new music for myself. I listen to everything that I have for the project and then see what kind of story can I make out of it. Also, on the web there is a cool website that I like called "Pinterest" and you can post pictures on your profile, and then a lot of pictures draws a storyboard of your page that I like a lot cool concept. Try it out.

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Word shuffle

First write a few random words on some index cards or small pieces of paper, one word for each. Then mix them up and place two side-by-side. Try as hard as you can to come up with a new idea from the two resulting words.

This creative idea is great in so many ways, and you never how people really use this idea to come up with some of their ideas. Song writers, authors, poets, and I use on a daily basis, but my problem I can't remember everything that I come up with LOL. But like I was saying everyone is most likely to be using this creative idea themselves. So why not you. Give a try to see what you come up with.

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Heyku 10

Well for anyone that has the app, or even used it before knows what I'm about to say then. When writing this Heyku, I was using the writer helper and the first thing that I was asked was "What do you smell?" Lol and of course I didn't smell anything. So that's exactly what I had put. And it was 11:42 pm that night, and was ready to put  some work in musically.

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Write about being stuck

Write about what you think is keeping you from getting in the flow and what it feels like. Writing down your reasons for being out of the flow is an easy way to find potential ways to get in it.

Basically, write it out everything that is keeping you from moving from point A to point B in your project. And maybe while your writing it out the solution may come to after all that so give it try to see what happens.

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Free write

Free write is to me a good way to tell if writing is your forte or not. To me ignore the time limit. And just write as much as possible and see what you come up with, and again don't worry about the spelling or the grammar just write and see what you come up with and maybe amazed with what you come up with.

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