You’re Welcome: Cures for Writer's Block

Writer’s block? Follow these ten steps.

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1.  Analyze the lyrics of “Cotton Eyed Joe" for more profound meaning.

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2. Forget a walk through a bookstore. Take a stroll through a dollar store.

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3. Buy a bag of Dove chocolates and try to write snarky responses to the inspiring messages on the inside of each wrapper. 

For example, the follow up line to this tidbit of inspiration is obviously “become an arsonist.”

4. Find a patch of grass and roll in it until you’re tickled enough to write.

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5.  Read Dr. Seuss’s tongue-twister “Too Many Daves" . Read it aloud and increase speed each time until there are is nothing but sound in your mouth. 

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6. Dance aggressively, alone, in front of a bathroom mirror to Nirvana’s "Smells Like Teen Spirit" directly followed by, A$AP Rocky’s “F**kin Problems".

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7.  Break crayons in half. 

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8. Listen to Miley Cyrus’s “Wrecking Ball” in G major.

9. Google image search “Pez Dispensers.”

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10. Mix together cornstarch and water and food coloring. 

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