Okay, so all aspiring fiction writers know that moment. Your character is in the backseat of a car, lying in the backyard, waiting outside Taco Bell, and just doing, well, nothing. You try to get him/her to reflect on life or the story so far, but it comes out choppy and wrong, and they're left again in the same space, in the same moment, doing nothing but rotting. I've left my characters there for days, abandoned them there altogether, and I hope they died truly happy.
Now here's about getting them moving.
idea one: throw a rock at your character. It will make them stop in their tracks, rethink their sense of the world around them, and possibly get the story moving again.
idea two: introduce your character to a homeless person. I myself have always wanted to know their stories, and maybe your character's life could be changed for the better.
idea three: shoot them a text. Be a wrong number, a friend, or Hot Topic advertising another sale.
idea four: set them into a conversation you yourself have had recently. discuss with them how really the word "catastrophe" can be turned into "cat ass trophy"
idea five: have your character encounter a billboard that highlights something they want to change about themselves or those around them. Inspire them.... or just creep them out.
idea six: If nothing else works, a good idea would be to kill off your character's entire family. If that doesn't help them get out of the bathtub, I don't know what will.
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