How do you work out that writing muscle?
You write, of course!
But.... what? That's the question that hits every writer at one point or another. I have no ideas, I don't have a story idea, I got nothing!
So, here's the solution. Write badly.
Yep! Give yourself permission to write the dumbest, more ridiculous thing you can think of.
Aliens in the school lunch room?
Puppy found at the beach is actually a shifter?
There's a cult that meets in the woods behind your house?
Can a butterfly be a shifter?
You see your neighbor dump a body in the lake. When you get home, that neighbor is sitting with your wife in your kitchen. Together they confess...
A child comes up to you and tells you it's time to go back to your home planet and tries to convince you that you're an alien.
A brilliant blast comes from the sky, and suddenly you find yourself on another planet.
Okay, I guess I have aliens on my brain today, but you get the idea. Just write something goofy and don't worry if it's good or bad. Just write and the light will appear. It's an exercise to get those creative juices flowing.
