What are the topics you can’t talk about, because you are afraid it will hurt, offend, or piss off someone?  The key phrase in this question is “because you are afraid.” What you can’t talk about, you can’t write about, and the belief that you can’t places a huge boulder in the stream of your creativity, damming up the free flow of ideas. 

Go ahead and write about what is taboo subjects. What might these be? Sexual subjects used to be taboo, although that’s no longer as true. But there are still lingering feelings about what is “nice” or “not nice.” Write something that is not nice; write something nasty. How about money? If I were to ask you how much money you make, you’d feel I was being inappropriate, wouldn’t you? Even though our culture is obsessed with materialism, many of us are secretive about our money – how we get it, how much we have. Spill your money secrets. Write about how you really feel about rich people, or poor people. Are rich people selfish, or poor people lazy? Some of the most common taboos are our family taboos; things were raised not to talk about – say Dad’s drinking or Mom’s pills, or our older brother in prison. What could you never say about these people? Write it down. Let it rip.

Now read over what you wrote and decide if you want to keep it, modify it, or throw it away.  Just writing what you really think and really feel doesn’t mean you have to use your writing as a way to hurt, offend, or piss off anyone. But at least you are writing. Truth really does set you free.