Reading in Stores for Writer's Block

When you have Writer's Block, especially the "no idea at all!" type, treat yourself with a dose of reading. Read anything and everything, not necessarily about writing. Reading something from which you learn is especially helpful, but whatever you choose, it should be an enjoyable experience. One method to accomplish this has a bonus: visit a big book store, the type that also has a newsstand. Read some of the books, but also look through a few magazines. Maybe buy a different newspaper and read all of it. Leads for articles or bookish thoughts will creep insidiously into your mind and wrap themselves around your creativity, waking it from slothful slumber.

And you can people-watch! See what others are reading. Maybe strike up a conversation with someone who looks like a fellow scribbler. Even if they aren't writers, chances are they'll have interesting stories to tell. One of them could become the nubbin of a story you'll tell. And all because you went to read when you couldn't write.