How to Keep the Writing Juices Flowing

This week, we welcome DiAnn Mills as our guest blogger. If you haven't heard, she has a new book out this month! High Treason released February 6th. Click here to find it on amazon.

by DiAnn Mills

Every writer has faced the monster called dried-up-prose. We read what we’ve penned from the previous day, and it sounds like the same dull voice from the day before that. Is there an inspiration injection to keep the writing juices flowing?

I don’t have an instant solution to perk creativity, but I do have several ways to help unplug the dam. One of these suggestions just might flood your brain and add momentum to your next word and the next.

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Continuing Education

Writers need to navigate the waters of learning. This means study the respected blogs about the craft, publishing, and social media. Get involved in a writer’s group. Research conferences for a good fit.

Physical Checkup

Our thinking takes a hiatus when our bodies aren’t healthy. Make an appointment with a doctor for a complete checkup. If lifestyle modifications are prescribed, do it.

Sound Nutrition

If our diet consists of sugar, grease, and air, we have no fuel to write.

Exercise

Start the day with exercise. Raise the heart rate and the neurons will fire with creativity.

Pray

God has the answers to our problems. He speaks to us through His Word, other people, His creation, circumstances, and meditation. His answer may not be as quick as we’d like, but God promises to answer our prayers.

Read

By reading in our genre, we’re able to see various techniques and find inspiration for our own writing. Losing ourselves in another writer’s work frees our mind to solve the problems in our own work.

Take a Break

Walk away from your writing for a period. Relax in a walk or a hobby. The key is give it a rest.

Confide in a Trusted Friend

Many times our friends see our failings before we do. Take a deep breath and confide in someone you trust.

Mentor a Serious Writer

The best way to get our minds off ourselves is to help another person. The satisfaction of guiding a writer who longs for instruction often changes our thought patterns.

We all need to keep the juices flowing to inspire readers with our work.

What way do you keep yourself inspired?

  DiAnn Mills is a bestselling author who believes her readers should expect an adventure. She combines unforgettable characters with unpredictable plots to create action-packed, suspense-filled novels.

Her titles have appeared on the CBA and ECPA bestseller lists; won two Christy Awards; and been finalists for the RITA, Daphne Du Maurier, Inspirational Readers’ Choice, and Carol award contests. Firewall, the first book in her Houston: FBI series, was listed by Library Journal as one of the best Christian Fiction books of 2014.

DiAnn is a founding board member of the American Christian Fiction Writers, a member of Advanced Writers and Speakers Association, Sisters in Crime, and International Thriller Writers. She is co-director of The Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writers Conference and The Mountainside Marketing Conference with social media specialist Edie Melson where she continues her passion of helping other writers be successful. She speaks to various groups and teaches writing workshops around the country.

DiAnn has been termed a coffee snob and roasts her own coffee beans. She’s an avid reader, loves to cook, and believes her grandchildren are the smartest kids in the universe. She and her husband live in sunny Houston, Texas.

DiAnn is very active online and would love to connect with readers on Facebook: www.facebook.com/diannmills, Twitter: https://twitter.com/diannmills or any of the social media platforms listed at www.diannmills.com.