5 Unorthodox Writing Tips That No One Talks About

Creativity can find you in the most unlikely of places

We’ve all been there. Staring blankly at the blankest of pages, pen yawning to proverbial paper, yet not quite reaching it. That accursed first line, defiant against its own actualization.

And you sit. Waiting. The thick emptiness of the page growing, as if emptiness could take up space.

That’s what we’re all hoping for, right? When we’re sitting in front of a blank page? That lightning strike of an idea that flips a switch in our brain, and suddenly all the pieces fit together and the next thing you know, you’ve written the next Great American Novel.

I hate to be the one to break it to you, but the “Eureka” method won’t get you very far because it’s not something you can cultivate. It may happen, sure. But why wait for rain to nourish the garden, when you can pull out the watering hose yourself?

The activities you bring into your daily life can be laterally conducive to your writing. It’s time to start making those regular, mindful choices that spark creativity, flood the writer’s-block-levee, and end the drought of ideas.

Most articles boasting tips to become a better writer will tell you, behind their too-wide, salesman smile: Write much, and read often. Now read my article to be a better writer.

It’s good advice, don’t get me wrong. To improve any skill, practice is the keyword.

Just don’t force it.

When you’re stuck in a drought of ideas, when nothing is materializing on the page, when the most profound thing you’ve written in the last two days has amounted to a couple of bullet points and an anomalous question mark —

Walk away. Take a break. Grab a coffee. Or better yet, try one of the activities below.

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