𝚁𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒.. 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚔𝚢’ ♡

To sometimes lack motivation is 100% normal. Not just for beginners and hobbyists, but for your favorite published authors too.

I became interested in writing as soon as I learnt to write. I didn’t become obsessed with it until I found other writers online and saw what they were up to. I literally didn’t know fanfiction was a thing and that I’d been writing it for years. That alone motivated me to write more.

When you’re not motivated to work on your story or come up with new ideas, there are many easy things you can try, like:

keep a journal/diary

practice describing people, places, and things you see during your day

collect images that inspire you to write; face claims, fantasy settings, etc.

create playlists of songs that motivate you to write or remind you of your characters

record dialogue and gestures of people you see/hear and interact with

find prompts or interesting images and write quick stories based on them

look at art

travel

READ some books, especially ones outside your preferred genre

watch TV and movies

exercise, sleep well, eat well, and your brain will work better

take an idea you hate or a story that bugs you and rewrite/fix it

write a letter to someone you see as a role model, but don’t name them

describe life on earth to an alien, starting with something simple like a toothbrush

study a different era in history, maybe an era in another country’s history

describe life in your country/era to a foreigner/time traveler

…and dozens of other options. Hope some of these tips work for you!

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