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@law0413

Well, I struggle with this too. A lot. I’ve been working on my current WIP for a whole year and I have… seven chapters written. :I

Pure motivation wise, I usually like re-reading through old, unrelated works. Random poems, snippets from two years ago at that one McDonald’s in Kentucky, character descriptions I’d forgotten. Often times random words and unrelated thoughts can twist themselves into ideas and just what I needed to get writing again.

The thing that helps me the most mentally is remembering that nobody writes an amazing book without getting through this. J.R.R. Tolkien had writer’s block and C.S. Lewis spent days frustrated his characters wouldn’t work and Charles Dickens chewed his pen in frustration when nothing was coming. And yet these books are the ones we adore and devour and hold dear to our hearts today.

Nothing worthwhile comes from nothing. My frustration and suffering will turn into something beautiful, if I have the patience and fortitude to work through it.

And… prayer. Prayer, prayer, and a lot of prayer. 😀 I’d be happy to pray for you about this. Hope things get better for you!