One of the best ways to cure writers block is to read extremely good writing.

Now, I’m not talking about reading someone else’s work at then sitting down and doing something just like what that did. No, what I mean is that sometimes you just need a fat burner for the mind.

And for me, nothing works better than reading the best writers I can think of; their skill with words, their creativity, their imagination all reminds me of why I want to write in the first place, what inspired me to want to be a writer when I was young. It was always the best writing that did that for me.

Of course, my standards for what makes up good writing doesn’t always match what they’ll teach you in some pompous creative writing group or college workshop. Perhaps I’ll share those soon.