It is well known what a turn off a boring topic can be. All the inspiration and the enthusiasm immediately sink into the bottomless ocean of uniformity. But, despair not!
Ever heard that there are no stupid questions? Well, there are no boring topics either.
Put yourself in a role of a detective, or in the worst case, a reporter, and ask yourself:
And now - google! Dig! The answers can be quite intriguing. Especially because there is so much trivia, true and untrue, but quite enough to provoke someone's interest and make them read.
If you happen to be working on the topic of the "kitchen utensils", just wait for google solutions and users' questions to open your way up for you.
There are variety of questions you would have never thought of! For example:
etc.
If your imagination is lacking some craziness, let the others write your plot.
If you cannot come up with a topic or even start writing about something at all, you should use some of your virtual friends' comments, which will certainly give you a musely push.
A really useful trick is to :
What you are doing here is practically provoking them to give you a ready-made topic or triggering the process of random brainstorming, which you can safely borrow.
When you are digging for trivia, information and facts, remember that if you type down the "umbrella term", you might not see the end of the day before you dig out the right answer.
Instead, limit yourself to the more specific search for better and more particular results.
For example, if your topic is: Claustrophobia, you might put down
and by doing so, you are automatically choosing your audience, making the material more approachable, easy to come find, and certainly more interesting.
If you cannot come up with anything good enough to be an interesting writing material, use your real life friends and their spirit for good games to get some ideas.
There are already-made card and board games that you can use, but a more simple trick would be to:
You can always have lots of fun and borrow an idea or two from your inspired company. Maybe even a whole story if it turns our great.
Take at least 15 minutes of your time each day to write of whatever pops into your mind.
Do this for a week and then return to your original project. Alternative is to freewrite 15-20 minutes to stabilize your thoughts, and then immediately return to your work.
You never know, you might come across a new topic by brainstorming like this.
Do the obvious:
After you have finished with writing for that day, leave a note or two as a hint or a clue as to what you might write about tomorrow, how to wrap up the already started work, or where you left off the day before.
Keywords and unfinished thoughts can be a good way to get yourself started the very moment you sit down, ready to write.
Setting up the exact time when you start the work and when you finish it is very useful for many reasons.
Did you know that when you're sleeping, your subconscious is thinking, learning and writing instead of your conscious mind.
A good trick to let your subcoscious do the job for you is to think about the problem before falling asleep. You might have a dream which is practically a continuation of the story you are writing, or a potential topic you are yet to start. Usually, what you dream is the perfect fit in the place you couldn't finish properly.
It is amazing how the characters can come to life in your dreams and get the mind of their own. They will tell you what they want to be and how they want you to present them in your work. You might get a perfect conclusion to your thesis' problem. You never know who is awake in there while you are deeply asleep.
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