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Writers' Workshop Forums
Writers block
Speaking of which, the NaNoWriMo forums (which I frequent often) are teeming with advice/posts/cures about writer's block. I've headed there more than once to soothe my aching head.
My personal advice, however, is to either freewrite (write in a blank document continually without thinking) or talk to your characters in a dialogue page. It'd be something like this:
You: Hey, characters, I need ideas!
Characters: "Lazy writer."
You: Hey!
Etc... I do this often. ;) And sometimes they do get sarcastic, although they know what's best for a story and how it goes. If neither of the above two works, find a scene from one of your stories and draw it, or draw a scene you'd like to have in the book. If you can't draw, write a poem. If you can't write poems, then take a break altogether. Watch a movie, read a book (reading is always good for writers), play a game, talk to family members about it.
There are many cures and much advice out there, but the real imagination lies in your own brain, and all you have to do is unlock it. Ooh, I just remembered another thing my dad told me for writer's block:
Take a nap sitting up in a chair. Hold a key in one hand, and hold it over a plate. When you fall asleep, the key falls, clatters on the plate, and you wake up. Right then, in between waking up and being asleep, your mind finds all the creative-ness it needs and your mind snaps into writing mode. At least, that's what my dad told me.
Hope I helped!
~SilvermistMovies and TV tend to help as well.