There are always times in a writing career where the ideas just won’t come. No matter how hard you try, there’s just nothing there. Your brain might as well be empty for all the inspiration you have. If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. It happens to most writers at some point, but often all it takes is one idea to get things back on track. In the spirit of helping out, here are some quick ideas to get your writing flowing again.

Imagine someone else is struggling with their writing. What would you tell them? Take your own advice.
Look in the back of your wardrobe. Find an item of clothing you’ve not worn for years. Use it as a starting point.
Stand in the middle of the room and close your eyes. Turn around three times. Open your eyes. Take the first thing you see and use it as a starting point for your writing.
You know how when you tell people you don’t know what to write and they then give you ideas that you always ignore? Next time, take their idea and run with it, no matter how banal or ridiculous it seems.
Find a story you wrote when you were a child. Re-write it from your adult point of view.
Write about how you don’t know what to write. All of a sudden, you’ve got something to write about. Funny that.
Find some perfume and spray some in the air. Write about what the smell reminds you of.