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24 Fun ‘What if’ Questions to Ask When Stuck With Writer’s Block

Submitted by Christopher on April 7, 2010 – 7:31 pmNo scribbles posted yet

writer's block - what if questionsThere’s nothing more frustrating than not being able to articulate your thoughts into words — scribes call it writer’sblock … and boy does it suck.

Instead of looking for the magic formula, try asking yourself a few of these questions — hopefully they’ll spark your imagination and inspire you to scribble out something … in fact, you can start scribbling your thoughts and reading those of others in below the post.

Remember, the first step to overcoming writer’s block is not to start thinking, but to start writing.

1. What if there was a way to travel time — when and where would you go?

2. What if you could be invisible for a day — what would you do?

3. What if you had 24 hours to live — how would you spend your time?

4.What if you could be an animal — which would you be?

5. What if you could have any super-power you wanted — what would it be?

6. What if you were 10 years older — what would you want to have achieved?

7. What if you could see the future — how would you use your power?

8. What if you could see the past — what would you want to see?

9. What if you had a trillion dollars — how would you spend your first 100,000

10. What if you could teleport – would you bother driving anymore?

11. What if had to give up one of your senses — which would it be?

12. What if you could work with any company you wanted — what company would it be?

13. What if you could talk with one of your idols — who would it be?

14. What if you could retire right now – would you it?

15. What if our planet had 1 year before impact with another — what would you do?

16. What if you could go back 10 years and do it differently — would you?

17. What if you didn’t have to worry about money — what would you do?

18. What if you had the chance to explore space — would you launch?

19. What if you could know when you were going to die — would you want to know?

20. What if you could only eat one thing for the rest of your life — what would you eat?

21. What if you could have a conversation with the deceased — who would you choose?

22. What if you had the choice to live forever — would you want to?

23. What if you could be one age from this point forward — what age would you be?

24. What if you had to come up with a ‘what if’ question — what would it be?

Have an idea for more ‘what if’ questions? Share them in the comments below.

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