Writer’s Block: When Your Muse is Missing
What an author does when their muse has gone missing and creative thinking is incredibly difficult – basically, writer’s block!
Hey y’all, how has your week been? Hopefully better than mine – I’ve got writer’s block.
My youngest (not quite two years old) has had roseola. A toddler with a fever of 104 for four days is not fun, in case anyone was wondering.
It’s meant my work on my third Jane Austen novel is progressing very, very slowly. Even when I have time to write, my brain is too tired to think creatively.
After languishing on the first paragraph of chapter two for a long, long time, I finally decided that I will commit to 100 words per day.
The thing is, once I get into writing mode and get going, I can get much more than that! It’s getting my brain out of mom-mode (or blogger-mode, or Amazon deals-mode, or homeschooling-mode, or whatever mode it’s in) that is the most difficult.
I often spend so much time just staring blankly at my laptop, willing myself to close Facebook or the news or a book I’m reading and write my OWN book.
So I think if I just set this goal of writing 100 words per day, it will get me out of this writer’s block funk I’ve been in.
Wish me luck!