Music, doing things that I enjoy and forgetting about writing. Reading quotes also helps me, for some reason. Or writing a completely random story.
Trying new things also seems to spark my creativity.
As in, elves, trolls, dwarves, dragons, vampires, werewolves and made up races all in one world. I usually put them miles apart on my maps of worlds, and give them different cultures and religions and traits.
What are the most races you've ever had in one 'world', what were their traits and...
I take ages to come up with an idea, then longer to make the outline, setting and characters. When I have an idea, I usually write a short, un-detailed story around that one idea. I can spend forever preparing a story and then only write a short story.
Hi, I just found this forum. It looks like a good forum to get advice on writing fantasy. I have written a few stories and love writing and reading fantasy.