Some great writing can be seen in the scripts of your favorite shows or movies. Pay close attention to the dialogue, listen for the clever storytelling methods,then use them in your writing.

If you've been here a while, you've likely received some great reviews. Surely you must have gotten a compliment or two about your work. Keep a file with positive comments you’ve received about your writing and go back and reread them when you need some inspiration.

Give yourself deadlines for your writing projects. They might seem arbitrary, but deadlines help you stay motivated to push through; they make you treat your writing like a business instead of a hobby.

Start an inspiration notebook! I've talked about writer's notebooks in the past and I'm mentioning it again here because I think they are great tools. We always come across inspiring material, whether it's quotes, places we visit, poems or paintings, essays we read, or experiences we have.

What if you created a place to document and store all of this inspiration so you could use it later in your writing? This could be in a form of journaling or scrapbooking a collection of inspiring ideas. You could keep track of things you’ve thought to yourself or heard from other people that inspire you. When your inspiration is running low, look through your notebook for ideas!

Have you ever looked at a couple across the room at a restaurant and wondered what other people's lives were like? Or walked past an older person at the park and thought about what crazy experiences they’ve had?

People-watching can be a great inspiration for writing. You can observe people you don’t know, and let the mystery of their lives inspire you to write a story about what they could be like. It’s a writing exercise, but knowing you can draw material from anywhere is inspiring.