Your brain, like many other parts of your body, requires a constant workout. Sometimes, when you're stuck or facing a wall, the best way to get out is to exercise your brain.
And so, I present to you, Turbo Mind Booster 3000! (Because honestly, doesn't that sound super difficult and exercise-y?)
Exercise One: Restaurant Dialogue
Stuck for dialogue in your MS? Next time you're in a restaurant take a notebook and write down the snippets of conversation that you hear. Nothing is better than hearing real life, candid conversations.
Exercise Two: Brutal Ending
Can't figure out how to start your new WIP? Start from the ending. Write that brutal death of the main character that's been percolating in your brain. Start with that fatal last line. Figure out the overall goal for your MC. Will you keep the ending? Probably not. Will it be utter trash? Maybe, but it will give you direction for when you start.
Exercise Three: Diary of a Journalist
Stuck on how to write your character? Try writing a blog or diary from their perspective. Go through their day to day.
Exercise Four: Group Therapy
Take a few people you know, five to ten and write one sentence about them. Strive for things that make them unique or noteworthy.
Exercise Five: Talk Radio
Record five minutes of a talk radio show. Write the dialogue and add narrative and action as if you were writing a scene.
Exercise Six: Room to Room
Write 300 words about a room in your house. Make sure to pick out things that describe you and your personality.
Take a scene from your WIP and rewrite it. If you're writing in first, try writing it in third and visa-versa.
Flip through the tabloids at the local grocery store. Choose a story that sticks out in your mind and write it. The story may end up crap, but it'll sort of reset your brain.
Got any writing exercises and getting away from the writing wall? Leave it in the comments below.
Sprints! Setting the timer for 20 or 30 minutes and just jamming the words down on the page is a great way to get things flowing. It doesn't matter what I type. If I'm not feeling it, I'll make a grocery list or ... just anything to keep my fingers moving. I might have to bookmark this page, though, because there are some good ideas here. Thanks!
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