1. Use brain teasers with built-in outlines
Classification, comparison, contrast, alternate viewpoints, and asking

1. Use your senses.
If you have already identified the topic that you want to write about, it will help if you will try to list sense details related with your topic—smell, taste, touch, sound, and sight. This will help you get into the topic and supply you with vivid details for the draft. Our senses connect our mind to the world around us, so by recalling sense impressions you can recreate the subject for yourself, engaging brains and feelings, and stirring subconscious memories. Drenching yourself in sense impressions is …