What Writers' Block??

So today, with the help of the Saturday Morning Writers, I broke through the shackles of writers' block and emerged victorious - almost. For writers struggling with writers' block, these are a couple of exercises you can do to overcome it:

What If
Narrate a scenario, preferably one filled with adventure, drama and suspense. A true story is preferred. Do not tell the group how it ends.

The next person has to continue by saying, "What if so and so and happened and he/she had done this or that."

To list an example, our scenario was: A young girl gets into Costa Rica, her native home. She gets into a taxi and requests the driver to drive her to her district/town. Soon, she notices that the driver is driving farther and farther away from the destination and towards secluded areas. She panics and asks him what his intentions are. He then confesses and admits that he needs money.

From here, other members continue with their additions such as:
- What if the brakes failed and they ran into a gas station causing a huge explosion and killing everyone?

- What if it was a stolen vehicle and the cops were already tailing him?

- What if Juan Valdez crossed the road on front of them on his donkey and offered all of them coffee?

The point of the game is to get as crazy as possible =).

The second exercise you could do is to take your plot or the part where you're stuck and force yourself to literally come up with the most outrageous continuations to the story. You will be surprised with the results!

The plot we used was a recycled one from my previous attempt. My necrophilic Prince Charming in Sleeping Beauty had just kissed the corpse of the dead princess. What would happen next?? One example:

Prince Charming, overwhelmed by her maggot-ridden and decrepit corpse, began to tear heavily. "Oh Princess, you are truly Nature's gift." Upon the utterance of these words, he hopped on to the settee where the cold skeleton lay, placed one leg on each side and struck a pose.

"Soldier, press play!" he ordered.

"I'm too sexy for my hat, I'm too sexy for my shirt," crooned Right Said Fred from the 1980s boombox. The Prince began thrusting and gyrating. It was a special lap dance for his special lady.

Okay, so maybe I got too crazy with this one! But you get the point =).