It might seem like a cheesy daft idea but get yourself some fridge poetry – the more the better. Then lay it all out on a nice clear fridge or magnetic white board. You will find that words start just jumping out at you and you automatically start form sentences and phrases. After a while you will have fridge full of fragments and snatches of sentences, some of these will be strange but evocative combinations of words which you may well not have thought of.

Write these down on post it notes that you can stick or pin up somewhere you will see them in the house – so doors and curtains are great for this just be careful not to damage anything!

The phrases will then get wedged into your mind and you’ll start thinking on them and mulling them over until a poem forms around them.