What do you do if you have a vision in your head of what you’d like to write but not a clear path of how to get it from head to paper?
What if your goal of waking up early for writing is being beaten down by exhaustion and allergies?
What happens when the creative flow of words that had been happening all of a sudden stops?
What happens when the “book” you’ve been trying to write turns into two?
What do you do when there is little motivation inside you?
How do you conjure up inspiration out of thin air?
I think I know the answer to most of these questions: keep writing. But why does that simple answer seem so difficult when you’re in the throes of writer’s block?
When you decide to make writing a part of your life in a more permanent or regular way, you have to put it in a new category. It’s not hobby now. It’s right in the same box with calling Drew or praying or eating. You know, non-optional things.
These are the things in your life that inevitably happen. We have ideas about when or how they should happen, but these plans don’t always describe reality. What we must do if we want to continue to have them at an essential place in our lives, is give them permission to shape their own little corner in our lives.
Make peace with writing. If it’s not happening today, don’t make it happen. Still sit at your desk during the time you usually write, but if you end up doodling, don’t panic. This too shall pass.