I’m not procrastinating, I’m simply looking for inspiration. How many times have we writers told ourselves that? We say we need to “get in the groove.” And most of the times we’re kidding ourselves. Most of the time we just need to sit and write, even if we are not inspired. True, the right circumstance, the right location. That all helps for inspiration. For calming the brain to write and work.

While we can’t always be like Hemingway and write in a Parisian cafe, looking at to the rain soaked streets of the Latin Quarter, it is important to find the space that we find inspiration from. And if you can’t do that, then do something different. How many times have simply moving to a different spot helped your writing?

“I’ve found over the years that any momentary change stimulates a fresh burst of mental energy. So if I’m in this room and then I go into the other room, it helps me. If I go outside to the street, it’s a huge help. If I go up to take a shower it’s a big help. So I sometimes take extras showers. I’ll go down here (in the living room) and at an impasse and what will help me is to go upstairs and take a shower. It breaks up everything and relaxes me.” - Woody Allen

What tricks or strategies or superstitions do you do to help with your creative endeavors?