I think that simply nudging yourself into unfamiliar settings - physical or emotional - can produce surprising results on the writing front.

Anxiety is not only an inevitable part of the writing process but a necessary part. If you’re not scared, you’re not writing.

I think that simply nudging yourself into unfamiliar settings - physical or emotional - can produce surprising results on the writing front.

Serious writers write, inspired or not. Over time they discover that routine is a better friend than inspiration.

Writing can be wonderful therapy, and cheap at the price. At the very least, you eventually get bored by thinking about anxious topics and move on.

...wrote Lawrence Block. "Someone once told me that fear and courage are like lightning and thunder; they both start out at the same time, but the fear travels faster and arrives sooner. If we just wait a moment, the requisite courage will be along shortly." (quoted from Write for Your Live by Lawrence Block)

Be as creative in your tactics as you are in your writing. Find what gets your engine going, no matter how peculiar it may seem to others.