User blog comment:Elemental Phoenix/Writer's block/@comment-25052433-20141127195428

This is actually quite normal. I've felt it a few times.

Your biggest issue here might be that you are trying to force it. If the inspiration isn't coming, then chances are trying different angles isn't going to make a difference. You may simply have to wait until you really are in the mood to write, which is something that we as writers have very little control over.

One technique that works for me, is that I tell myself the story, out loud, as though I am telling to an audience. That helps me work through some of the block and come up with a full plot.

Regardless of your technique, my best advice is to never try and force it out. Let the story tell itself to you first, then put it down on paper.