The first type is of course the dry spell when you can't think of any ideas. The second type is when kids just have a dry spell in writing.
a drawn-out period where the weather has been dry, for an abnormally long time- shorter and not as severe as a drought
The only place unaffected by the persistent dry spell was the city of Milwaukee,.
{i} long period of dry weather, period when the precipitation is below specified amount; period of very little fruitfulness, period with almost no productivity, period of little activity, period of time when income is low