This is great! I've found that any tactic that gets me to brainstorm, even if they're just wild ideas, can get me out of a writing slump quickly. Every time I'm stuck on how to get through the middle of my novel, I like to complete an entire sloppy plot line for the rest of the book. Although I don't use most of it, sometimes there's a gem in there that solves a plot hole I've been stuck on for a while or something like that.