I appreciate your suggestions and encouragement. I will check out the writing exercises and give them a try.

Thanks again. I appreciate your words very much.

You may want to think about meditation as well, in that you put some relaxing music on, or none at all, sit and relax with your eyes closed.

Then, think about your story – not the little details but the overall theme/objective and see where your mind goes, what you see.

You may be surprised at details and/or things that pop up that may take you in a new direction.

Also, I randomly found this man’s website about some creative writing exercises
http://www.du.edu/~bkiteley/exercises.html

Try to do some of them and see if it helps you!

Keep writing.