7 Writing Exercises To Kick Start Your Writing

The Electronic Pen
8 min readJun 24, 2022

So you can brainstorm ideas, even when your inspiration has run dry

Photo by Ylanite Koppens

Writing fiction is one of the most rewarding, entertaining, creative, and fulfilling things you can do — but sometimes it’s hard to get the ball rolling.

A lot of the times, we want to write a cool story, novel, or even a whole saga, but there’s no amazing, magical ideas zapping our minds at that very moment.

So what do we do? Wait around and give up until a miracle hits us out of nowhere? Well, you can, but a better thing to do is take a more active approach, and really think up an idea. Get those pesky little premises to come to you, not make you wait around for them.

Here are 7 helpful writing exercises to help that brainstorming process in your mind, and get the ideas flowing so you can write your amazing story right away.

Write A Story From A Picture

You’ve probably heard the saying ‘A picture tells a thousand words’ at least a few times in your life — but what if you put this old phrase to the test?

One of the best ways to get your ideas flowing is to get inspired, and what’s better inspiration than an image? Scroll through something like Pinterest or Unsplash for an intriguing photo that gets you thinking a little bit…

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