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• Check the News Titles: This is a good one, though it tends to be depressing. Use at your own discretion. Chances are it will be a sad or political piece.

• Check the Trending Topics: I mean for Google Trends. Don’t just look at the top ten, look at the top one hundred. Look for a theme, tiger woods being adultry and sports, somethign to do with a boat, some news about foreign policies. Thy sky is the limit and ever day the trends change so you should never be without a ‘madlibs’ assortment of ideas.

• Open the Dictionary: This probably sounds silly but you could just crack open the dictionary, close your eyes and flip to place. Maybe you will find an interesting word with an interesting definition that might get you thinking or reminds you of something.

• Do IT Better: If you are really stumped, pick up one of your favorite books and try to write the story better, perhaps from an angle. This falls into fan-fiction if you use the same characters, same setting, etc. But if you take the same theme, switch the characters, switch the angle and make it yours, you could have your own spin off in a snap.

• Just Write: IF all else fails and you just can’t think of something to write, just start writing. ‘Jane sees dog. Jane sees dog run. Jane sees dog bark. Jane sees dog run and bark. Jane sees dog bite John in the ass…” There is my rendition of ‘Quick! I don’t know what to write!’

If you try all these and you still can’t think of what to write, go for a walk, go see a movie, pick up your favorite book, pick up a new book, look at art, live, laugh, run, play and just forget about it. Inspiration and Genius happen by accident. Don’t quote me, I’m still waiting for my Genius-accident. The theory is sound though. Go for it.

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