Sometimes I find it fun to write something terrible and indulge in my inner Ed Wood so to speak. I forget all the rules rules rules of grammar and what makes a good story and just write what I think is funny. Sometimes I even purposefully misspell things for funzies. It really loosens me up for a full day of writing. Lately with how I have been writing a story about a killer from his point of view... it really does calm my nerves to tell myself that I am not that person and that I am really a silly happy person who just feels compelled to write something creepy.
Some other things that get me writing is... pumping up my sex drive. It keeps me up.
READ. Sometimes when I am reading I will see a really good line and I will snatch it up and base a story off that line. Some lines are just that good!
Riding on a bus also helps me come up with characters. I try to find two people who are having a convo, sit across from them, and act disinterested. You will be surprised what you may hear on the bus. This one dude could not stop talking about how terrible cops were and how dumb they were and blah blah blah he smokes weed and they can suck it. lol. it was really interesting to hear him go on and on about it. I learned that he was trying to help out this kid who loved to play guitar get away from his deadbeat dad who did nothing but discourage him.
