When I write, I always have a movie open, and a book open, and a script open, to peek into when I feel stuck. I also have stacks of books and loads of movies in my movie library to look at when I recall one or the other scene that's similar to what I write.

So surround yourself with stories. READ AND WATCH LIKE CRAZY.

Then later you can recall episodes for reference when puzzling over your own writing.

How did so-and-so do it again?

You can quickly look it up in a book or watch it in a movie, and draw inspiration from it.

Helps me all the time when I get sluggish or feel like I don't quite know how to play it out.

Illustration by Jayme Sifuentes