The Dark Side of Writing

I am in a writing dark place. No will to write. No desire to write. I have so many unfinished projects and I am convinced I will never finish them. What a waste of my time to have started them at all. I could have been out have fun instead of slaving at the computer for another incomplete manuscript. So what now?

Instead of fighting this bad feeling (I think it's called writer's block), I have decided to take a week off. No thinking about writing, no worrying about getting an agent or a publisher, I'll use the computer to check e-mails and blog and that's that. I've set a date (Monday, September 29) and I will go back to writing on that day and work for at least an hour. Never mind if all I write is drivel--I will write. Period. And I will write every day from then on until I complete one project.

There-just having set my date makes me feel better as does giving myself permission to take a break. My optimism is coming back. I know I will write again--not writing is like not eating to me. It's part of who I am. I will write and I will find a agent and a publisher who love my work, but, for now, I will enjoy this week of relaxation.