User blog comment:RuckusQuantum/Because F*ck Writer's Block!/@comment-25947144-20150511174234/@comment-28938497-20150513170936

This.

My idea well's been dried up for months, but recently I enter a contest, build ideas around a suggestion and from there it's actually easy to write up a story for me.

Still can't think up a single idea without the help of a contest though.