1. Outdoors Scenery – Leaving behind the comfort and monotony of four walls can improve style and performance. There are always interesting things happening outside which can bring fuel for topics to discuss. For example, one can drive to a park and promptly start writing about animals and bugs, comparing these sights to current events or possible plots. In Hemingway’s short story, Che Ti Dice La Patria, he uses this technique, starting off his masterpiece by describing landscapes and this branches into development of the plot to come.
2. Intuition – Aldous Huxley described a tool in one of his books where the character stares at a lightbulb until it changes his mindset and proceeds to write thousands of words that flow out of the subconscious. Trying this on paper can help mitigate any writer’s block because eventually an epiphany will strike and then it is time to write it down effectively. A daily journaling practice, free from self-criticism can ameliorate penmanship quickly. We write to solve internal problems often and the power of crafting poems and books is that these insights can be transmitted to others.
3. Psychoactive Plants – Cannabis can be used for gaining ideas. It is a helpful tool in a writer’s arsenal when nothing is working. The best way to utilize it for writing is to consume at nighttime at the initial stage of the piece and then to edit with strong focus absolutely sober. You will find some gibberish and some magic in the cannabis-induced pages, but there are always unusual ideas in the mix. Tobacco is the ultimate clarifier in an author’s arsenal because it works. Many of the most respected literary figures in our records were proponents of smoking. Unrelated to this article, one must keep in mind the addictive potential and the way it can take over your life. There are ways to use this plant responsibly. Alcohol is hit or miss. It can lead the judgmental brain to turn off and poetic scenes to jump onto the pages, but it can cause depression and deepen the writer’s block more. Hemingway and Bukowski wrote while boozed and their writing could be pessimistic and boring. Coffee will boost productivity and is recommended when hunting large output of words, but editing is mandatory later because the fiery text usually is overwhelming. Coffee and Nicotine increase linear function while cannabis and hallucinogens cause right brain fluency. Balancing those two powers is key.
