Tricks to get the words flowing

1) just come up with a list of words, preferably concrete words and action verbs
2) do a mind map
3) write down some bits of dialogue
4) read a passage in a book, like Castaneda and jot down some ideas
5) watch a movie to get ideas
6) take an old draft and circle the words I want to keep
7) scribble out some ideas for first and last sentences
8) type it all into a document
9) write six word sentences, a What If poem, or any kind of poem
10) begin to move the pieces around into some kind of intelligible order until a story begins to emerge.
11) at that point, I can put it aside for another day.