50 Things You Can Write About on HubPages

At some point, every writer faces the dreaded writer's block. You sit down and get ready to write and then...nothing.

No words. No cohesive thoughts. Nothing.

So what do you do?

Seasoned writers know when this moment comes, the only way to kill it and overcome it is to quite simple: keep writing.

Sometimes it isn't that simple, though. Sometimes writers need a starting a point. A line or phrase or thought that jump-starts their creative battery.

If you're one of those writers, welcome! I am going to give you a list of fifty things you can write about. Whether you just need a quick spark to ignite your creative juices again, or you're stuck in a huge writer's rut, you're going to be fine.

The writing topic ideas here would be fun things for you to write about here on HubPages, too. So if you're bored or tired of writing about the same thing all the time, try some of these ideas.

Start here. Start now. Do something. Anything.

Write.

Write about the first thing that comes to mind when you think of:

• the color hazel
• a witch doctor
• a weird clown
• a birthday party funeral
• light
• a cool breeze
• scorching sand
• cold water
• 6:00 PM
• Saturday morning

Use these sentence starters as a beginning point for a journal entry:

• Yesterday I pulled back the curtain and saw...
• When I think about my grandfather the thing I remember most is how he...
• Sometimes I wish...
• I had a sneaking suspicion...
• Two weeks ago I promised myself...
• The next time I see my best friend I want to remember to...
• The numbers just aren't adding up with...
• What I'd really like to tell him (who?) is...
• After all the trouble with _______________, the one thing I regret most is...
• If I had only know...

Describe the following:

• a wet dog
• new penny
• a stack of $100 bills
• Atlantic ocean
• President Lincoln
• index card
• chewing gum
• yesterday's mail
• grocery store cashier
• daffodil

Pretend you're an explorer. Research and learn about something from the following list, then compile a detailed report of what you've learned:

• mountain climber
• the most endangered species in the world
• pedicurist
• fashion designer
• speech pathologist
• mountain lions
• anthropologist
• ad executive
• the ozone layer
• criminal justice

These last ten writing topics are just for fun. Purely random ideas for you to write about:

1. the bottom of your foot
2. your first grade teacher
3. why you didn't become a _______ (fill-in-the-blank)
4. why you should run for President of the U.S.A.
5. an American soldier
6. snotty noses
7. crying babies
8. long lines in the grocery store
9. people talking on cell phones at the dinner table in a public restaurant
10. the future of _______________ (your choice)

Now that you've read through all fifty ideas, what do you think? Are you feeling inspired yet?

Grab some of these topic ideas and have at it! Go write some HubPages, then come back and leave a comment with a head's up so I can read them.

Ready? Set?

Go write!