Surrender to Stillness: What if You Just Stopped?

Dear Living Dark reader,

Here is Chapter Nine of Writing at the Wellspring. It deals with a state of mind and soul that comes to us all from time to time in our writing lives, and maybe even our wider lives as a whole. Or at least it has come to me repeatedly in my own creative journey.

I’m talking about the state where you just want to stop, where you feel a deep urge to drop everything, give up all effort, and rest in total silence. Is this an unhealthy state? Would your creative work wither if...