How to Boost Your Writing Creativity

I know, this question may seem to have an obvious answer to some, but bear with me. A lot of people associate creative writing ONLY with writing things like poems, short stories, and novels. Well, I've learned through my years of being a writer that this isn't necessarily the case.

Being creative matters no matter WHAT kind of writing you're doing. It helps you come up with article ideas. Creativity allows you to string sentences together in a logical way. Without it, you'll live in a state of being constantly blocked - even if the kind of writing you do doesn't always seem exciting.

Anybody who works on their creative writing will benefit from having an idea file on the computer or a notebook for that purpose.

Carry a small pocket-sized notebook around with you. Then when an idea strikes you will have a place to write it down. Transfer it to your larger notebook.

That way when you sit down to write, you just pick the idea you want to work with.

You can keep track of all your ideas this way.

When I feel stopped up creatively, I think about what I liked to do as a kid. I carried around this canvas bag filled with paper, crayons, and other art supplies.

My bag was well stocked with idea books and coloring pages. I would sit for hours looking through the contents of that bag and doing some of the activities contained within it.

I still do that. I like to visit CrayolaStore.com
not only to shop for supplies and art kits, but to also use their free resources. You can print out coloring pages and get craft ideas for free.

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Of course, I could go to other craft stores and buy craft kits that are a little more complicated. But I like the simplicities of the products that are designed for kids.

I am looking to stimulate creativity and get ideas for my creative writing, not paint a masterpiece.

Keep a notebook nearby - the ideas will flow naturally once you do this!

If the main thing that is holding you back from creative writing is the fact that you have a hard time coming up with ideas, maybe you should just choose one idea and turn that into a novel?

Writing a novel is more time consuming, but you only need to come up with one idea. And if you work on it every day for 30-60 minutes, you could have your novel written in about a year.

This saves you from having to come up with idea after idea. Plus, some people are better at writing novels than short stories. Perhaps you are one of them.

If I spend all of my time writing for money, I get burned out.

To solve that problem, I have at least one selfish project going at any one time.

What kind of project inspires you? Doing something else will stimulate your writing creativity. Trust me.

I like to write random words on slips of paper and fold them up. When I'm not feeling inspired, I pick a word or two, set my timer for ten minutes, and do a free-form exercise based on those words.

If I were to put together my "words in a jar" now, these are the words I'd put. You can use these if you want.

Purple
Business
Skyscraper
Dandelion
Daffodil
Sky
Blue
Pasta
Mama
Bambino
Italian
Violin
Car
Yellow
Hamburgers
Grill
Hands
Neighbors
Red
Wine