One Dozen Sources of Inspiration for Writers
It doesn’t matter whether you write stories or blog posts. We all need some inspiration now and then to either get us into the right mood or sparkle some ideas.
So, get your notebook (If you don’t carry one, you might want to change that) out, and try some of my favorite sources of inspiration.
- Read a newspaper & watch the news. Notice the differences in the reporting? How would you have done it?
- Watch your favorite tv-series. Forget about the plot and concentrate on the characters. What makes them so special?
- Go to the supermarket. Watch how people behave & what they do.
- Take your kid to the playground. Listen to the other parents’ stories. If you don’t have a kid, borrow one, otherwise people give you strange looks.
- Stand at the traffic lights and carefully watch the people in the cars.
- Pick a topic and discuss it with yourself. Try to counter your own arguments. Make sure nobody sees you.
- Sit down in a quite room and turn off all the lights. What’s the first thing you think of? Why?
- Read the “Did you know…” section of wikipedia.
- Open a dictionary and randomly pick a word. How would you explain it to a child? Imagine a lot of why-questions.
- Read a chapter from a book before you go to sleep. Put it away, turn off the lights. How would the story continue if you were the author?
- Go to flickr and look at a couple of randomly picked pictures. What could be the story behind it? What would you name it?
- Go to sleep. If you wake up from a dream, write down what you remember. Don’t care whether it makes sense or not.
I hope one of these methods will give you a new idea the next time you wonder what to write about.
How about you? Do you have any unusual ways to come up with topics for your writing you want to share?
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Nice list. Most of them I have never tried.
“Stand at the traffic lights and carefully watch the people in the cars.”
Lol, that’s a good one
I usually call my friends who are interested in the same area I write my blog about and have a chat with them. Just by speaking with other people you can come up with hundreds ideas to write about.
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That was a pretty cool list.
It certainly does. Pretty good list man. I am impressed. Thanks
I always get stuck about what to write, so I just find myself doing photo blogs mostly.
I can always use some new ways to come up with blogging material. Funny thing is there is so much to write about, going on right in front of our faces! We’re usually too caught up in everyday life to notice though. I’ll try some of your ideas. Many thanks!
Chris
Nice tips, except for the supermarket lol.
it’s boring.
I’ve tried a few of these myself and they really work. I often look to the questions my customers keep asking me. Those questions usually produce great topics for articles!
Its really useful list for the writers who need inspiration to write.but some of the tips maybe boring.
I feel that given list maybe useful for those who have a fond of writing so those who like to write pls go with this list u will get something new while writing.
Nice list posted. Perhaps I would give a try and see how it goes =) Keep it up!