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Q&A What do you do if you enjoy writing, but have no ideas?

Maybe you could write about the problem of coming up with ideas? Write a story about someone who has troubles coming up with ideas. Think about which solutions he might try, and how those solutions...

posted 11y ago by celtschk‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T02:52:04Z (about 5 years ago)
Maybe you could write about the problem of coming up with ideas? Write a story about someone who has troubles coming up with ideas. Think about which solutions he might try, and how those solutions work or don't work.

This has two effects: First, you already have one idea for a text, and it's something you definitely can relate with. Second, by doing so, you force yourself to seriously think about the problem from a different perspective (namely, from the perspective of a subject of a text, instead of the perspective of a problem _you_ have), and you might just find a solution that works also for _you_ and not just for your protagonist.

You wrote:

> I am analytically minded: I enjoy identifying a problem, clarifying it, breaking it down, and solving it.

So do exactly that with the problem of finding ideas. Take it as a problem just like any others you like to solve.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2013-05-13T17:16:32Z (over 11 years ago)
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