I always feel reinvigorated during November to be creative, and writing is a wonderful creative outlet for me:

I can write a story I want to read.

I can journal what God is saying through Scripture.

I can cry out to the Lord through poetry.

I can sort through what He is teaching me.

Yet, there have been seasons – long, long seasons – when I have wondered if I would ever be able to put pen to paper, fingers to keyboard, and write again. The creative well was dry. The well-oiled machine that is my imagination had come to a jarring halt.

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Then suddenly, or perhaps not so suddenly, ideas began to take shape again, the cogs in my mind started to move, and words formed into sentences.

One of the ways I have worked to combat the dry spells was to simply write. I didn’t care if it sounded good or bad or if it made sense – I just needed keep the habit of writing.

Below are some other ways I have applied grease to the cogs of my mind so the writing gears turn once more:

Listen to a movie score or a classical piece and let the music speak to my soul.

Read. Read about things that interest me, things that spark my imagination.

Take a walk outside and observe what nature is doing.