How to keep up the Zeal in w riting?

hi marga with me I get writers block and just sit and stare at the blank page.so I remember what a college teacher told me, just write, set a alarm for twenty minutes. just write without checking anything or editing or even punctuating it. write free style for twenty minutes. Now look at what you wrote. try to pick out some thing from the mess that you could could make a short story from, see what it triggers.I think this will give you back your zeal.another hint is to take from a page six different words not all nouns and build a short short story around those. our mental exercise teacher gave us a necklace, a pointer, a biopsy report, dental floss and a telegram . with these things we were to write a story.this was so much fun and while it took some time I managed to make what the class said was a great story out of it. we all enjoyed it so much. i[

try watching an inspirational movies. Or go out and take a breather. Then come back and work on it. Hope that helps. :-)