It's not supposed to be like this.

Damn. I don't seem to be able to write lately. Not at all. Nothing is coming to me -- no characterization, plot points, scenes, lines -- nadda. It's not so much writer's block as writer's shut down. It's almost as if I've convinced my brain of the futility of it all, so it just shut that portion of itself off.

Oh no! Now even I'm not returning my calls.