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

Willa Cather said that she write best when she stopped trying to write and began simply to remember.

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

...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.

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

Fear is felt by writers at every level. Anxiety accompanies the first word they put on paper and the last.