Do you ever find yourself sat in a room unable to say anything? If you do that you might relate.
Being a writer has all its up and downs but i have found that being in a room with friends, family who ever it might be. It could well be a starting point to a plot for a new idea you have got. Or a base line for a character or even that one title you could not think of.
I always find myself in the corner or on the floor listening to the buzzing conversation around me. But you know what, I love it. Watching people behave with each other and how they talk with each other.
A few of my characters have actually been sparked off by my family. my brother and my cousins have helped mould the basis of a few of them.
What i am getting at is that just because you are with family you should be relaxed and let the ideas fall with in you.
When you are relaxed inspiration comes naturally. When you sit at your deck you should already have the idea, because when you try and make ideas come it never really works out, well for me it doesn't. Your brain stop and this is what usually makes 'writers block' strike.
Just stay relaxed and always have a pen in your pocket or in your bag. Somewhere where it is handy, there have been too many ideas passed by because I never had a pen.
Thank you and always be inspired.
J.A.M