Now, I understand this subject has been covered in detail by many other sites, but I'd like to add my two Cents. Having just come out of a bout of writer's block, I feel now is a great time to speak to it.
Here are things I try to bump myself out of the Writing blues:
1) Write on paper for a while. You wouldn't believe the results I've gotten just by jotting a few lines with my pen and taking a break from the computer.
2) Buy new pens, or a new notebook, or go online and download a new word program, or use a new word processor. Change it up a little and you'll be surprised how your mind rewards you.
3) Take a break, have a nap or eat something. Food and sleep are important motivators for thinking. Especially keep in mind that the brain runs on pure sugar, so drink a coke, eat a couple gummy worms or have an ice-cream cone.
4) Can't afford to take a break? Rest your mind in a constructive way: do some housework, read a book, have someone critique your writing, or do something else important to your life while you wait for your creative engine to kick into gear.
5) If all else fails, force yourself to write. If you must, if you simply have to get some writing done for NaNoWriMo, for work, for a dozen other reasons, then just do it. Don't worry about whether it's good, mediocre, or even worth reading, just write something, and later, when your creativity comes back to you, rewrite the blundering piece you've stumbled through.
And that's all I have to say on the matter. Its not rocket science, and sometimes you just have to force it, regardless of how much it hurts your creative sensibilities.
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