Steps to Effective Writing

Do Some Free Writing

Now try another kind of free writing.

Focused Free Writing

Write for five minutes as fast as you can, but this time stick to one subject may be the given subject -say sports. Do not worry about spelling, punctuation or even complete sentences. Do not change the topic.

It will let you see what material you have and will help you figure out what aspect of the subject (what topic) you have to write about.

Getting started is always the hardest part. You could try some of these other 'pump-primer' techniques.