If you are a writer, sometimes you run out of ideas and keep waiting for your writing inspiration to kick in. I suggest never wait for inspiration to move past writer’s block. Always look out for inspiration , seek for inspiration. If you wait, ideas may not pan out and you will be frustrated. So in this article, I will be discussing about all the ways to find your writing inspiration and mojo.
#1 Reading
This is the best way to find writing inspiration. Reading multiple books automatically opens the door way to your own creative ideas and you can build several stories out of it. To be a successful writer,you must read a lot of books of different genres. As a reader one must not have a particular taste. Reading explores mind and vision. As a writer, you can be selective of particular genre but reading should have no boundaries.
#2 Music
This is my personal favourite. Music is one of the most important essence of life. It serves as a catalyst to the creative ideas emanating from the mind. You must have different playlist with different moods to write stories of different genre. If you are creating a death scene in your book, listen to a sad song. Similarly, you can use house music if you trying to create fictional concepts of mystical islands, planet. But as said, it all depends on your choice of songs. I personally use deep house music and movie instrumental to get my creative ideas flowing.
#3 Nature – Source of Writing Inspiration
If you are running out of ideas, just go to some hill station, beach and I am pretty sure you’ll come up with lot of creative ideas. Looking through the nature, you will come up with bright ideas which you may not have realized in your busy urban life.
#4 Blog
When you are in the blogging world and following amazing bloggers, you are bound to learn lot of new stuffs. The journey and stories of the bloggers can create a spark in your mind and you may come up with lots of creative ideas.
#5 Movies
When watching any movies, it’s our innate nature to predict the next scene but when you find that your creative thoughts and ideas are much better, you can write an amazing story out of the scene itself which just popped on your mind while watching the movie. Movies are great sources of inspiration in writing.
#6 Hobbies
If you want to seek inspiration in writing, work on your hobbies. You definitely must have some hobbies which keep you busy in your leisure time. Thus if you like to play any musical instrument or you love dancing , just go with the flow and rhythm. You will be inundated with lot of creative ideas that can give you writing inspiration.
# 7 Visit a crowded place
If you are getting bored at home, simply visit a nearby crowded place. It can be grocery store, market store, sport ground or whatever . Just take a small stride around and come up with great writing ideas. Observe the surroundings and come up with ideas.
#8 Writing prompts
There are so many articles in the internet regarding writing prompts if you really don’t come up with any ideas. Writing prompts are great way to start with. This is one of the basic ways of finding inspiration in writing.
#9 Writing journal
If you are a writer , you need to keep a writing journal with you all. Creative ideas doesn’t come easily. Sometimes having the journal acts a boost to inspire you with new ideas . So writing journal has to be with you. You need to record your ideas on the journal whenever ideas pop on your mind.
#10 Inspirational Figures
Look out for success stories about inspirational figures. The story of their struggles can motivate you to pen down an amazing story. There are so many inspirational figures in history whose life stories have the abilities the inspire people around the globe. My personal favourite inspirational figure is Mother Teresa.
Conclusion
There are so many ways to get inspiration in writing apart from the one mentioned above. As stated before, just seek for your writing inspiration and don’t wait for it.
Great ideas that I could use!
Great round up of creative writing ideas!
These are great and well needed tips. Thank you for sharing.
I am constantly inspired by reading other blogs. I love it!
As a fellow blogger and author, I really appreciate these great tips to get beyond an occassional writer’ block that everyone has from time to time. Thanks for sharing.
It’s so easy to get writers block! And it’s so frustrating! Thanks for sharing these great ideas!
I love these ideas. Particularly the one about crowded places. People watching is great and you start wondering about them which leads to inspiration.
I really like the idea of visiting a crowded place for inspiration. Nice to surround ourselves with life to get inspired!
As a writer, I use all of these techniques, often combining several at a time. All very helpful suggestions.
This is great! When I was younger, I always bring a notebook with me everywhere in case I got inspired! Like you said, I got mine from the world around me, TV shows and much more!
Daisy xoxo | TheDeeWhoLived
Some really great advice – thank you for sharing!!
love these ideas – your top two are my top two – reading always provides me with new ideas and I can not work without music in the background (the advantages of working from my own home…) I also spend a lot of time on Pinterest and discover new concepts that develop into ideas. Thank you for sharing this with us:)
Thank you Madi for stopping by. Glad you liked the article.
When I’m running low on ideas, I go to Pinterest and glance through all my favourite quotes! Always find inspiration!
All really helpful ideas and tips!
What a comprehensive list. Feels like it gives me permission to walk away from the grind.
I love the music one- I find that music drives my soul, but in a way this gives it a different twist. Taking writing from the music, rather than through it….. makes sense to me!? 🤣
Many thanks,
Spence 😀
When I am running out of idea. I read blogs of my niche. It help my getting lot of idea.
Great ideas.
Thanks for these really great ideas. I’ve pinned it so I can refer back when u need some inspiration.
This is so true – inspiration for writing can come from so many different places! Including discussions from our peers or friends!
Great ideas! I meet with a group of like-minded entrepreneurs about once a month and feel super-inspired after each meeting. Also my blog coach has a student group where we have a weekly FB-live. I always get ideas from there too. -Jenni
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Great post! I have many different soundtracks depending on what I’m trying to write at any given time which normally does the trick. Definitely agree that reading and watching stuff always works to spark some ideas for me.
Excellent ideas. It can be so easy to run out of ideas with writing, especially if you’ve been doing it for a while.
Thank you Nyxie. Finding ideas is necessary as we often get stuck in writer’s block.
While I am not a writer, per se, as a blogger, these tips on finding inspiration are so helpful. I definitely find inspiration on other bloggers, not just travel bloggers, but all of them. And when I am on holiday in a new destination, I sit outside, take it in and start writing.
Glad you liked the article Jenny.
Nice ideas and advice for getting inspiration. Writing should flow but when it doesn’t a break is just what’s needed…
Great advice.
To get fresh ideas, I like to disconnect from technology. This usually allow my intuition and emotions to speak to me. It’s like ideas just come to me when I take a break every now and then. Great post!
Great list of tips to come up with blog post ideas. I find that personal experience, reading and journaling help me a lot when I get writer’s block.
I love these ideas. I am always thinking about writing my next blog post, but some of these tips are what will prompt me to write about something in particular.
Great tips for all writers and bloggers x
I love these ideas and will definitely hang onto them for the next time I feel a bit stuck – thank you!
Great post on a topic that all of us encounter at one time or another. I find travel to be a great inspiration. I also like journalling.
Thank you!
Mary
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Amazing roundup. I will keep these in mind and will use them in the future.
Thanks for sharing!!
Some great ideas here! I’m going to bookmark it for future reference. Thank you!
Love this! Writers block is the worst.
Great ideas! I especially liked the visiting nature one and the picture of the beach you included!
A lot of good ideas I hadn’t considered. Thanks for sharing.
I love to listen to music for inspiration, it’s such a great resource.
I’m saving this post. Great ideas here.
Great article. I like music and reading blogs to get the writing inspiration. Reading blogs not only give me idea about any topic but it also help me to improve my writing skills.
These are great ideas. It’s amazing how such simple everyday actions can spark ideas.
Excellent list for finding new ideas. Music and reading are my personal favorites. Sometimes I’ll have lists of ideas I think are only okay and don’t excite me. My trick for that is to look at my list and try to combine two or three ideas into one story and that usually forces me to be creative and find an idea I really love. Cheers!
Great ideas. I always wonder how people run out of things to write about in the first place. But that could just be because my life has been pretty tumultuous.
Awesome no. 7 might be a problem for a while though.
I love all of these ideas! I will definitely be using them in the future!
Love all these tips! I agree with all of them, especially blogging and journalling 😊
These are so great! Thanks for sharing! I’ve found that other bloggers have helped tremendously!
Great! At times when I run out of ideas, I just read different blogs, look out for questions people are asking. As a writer you have to be a great reader also. These are amazing tips. Thank you for sharing
This is amazing!! I needed this. I have days where I can write 3 or 4 blog posts and then go days without. This will help me. Thanks for putting this together. Its much appreciated.
Thank you so much for sharing this inspirational source of content creation ideas.
As a blogger and writer, I’m always trying my best to create new content regularly. As you know, my worst enemy is writer’s block!
I think that this blog post will be of great use!
Thanks again for sharing, and please have a great day!
Cordially…
MD
Great suggestions! There are definitely times when I don’t have the motivation or inspiration to write. Love the ideas about nature, visiting crowded places, music, reading, okay… all of them! There are so many ways and places to find inspiration, but its easy to forget or not think about them. Thanks for sharing these tips! I’ll keep them in mind next time I’m in a writing slump. – Briana @ https://www.nextdestinationunknown.com/
Thank you for stopping by Briana.