Motivation to Write

[Iesha (In east shade house at...)]

How do you get into your writing phase? Or how do you get motivation to write when you have been writing and that energy you had earlier is gone?

[Alice]

I have trouble with that too. Sometimes I free write without an outline or a set idea of what I want the story to be. I start off with one little line and go from there, and then I see where the story takes me. A few times though, sudden ideas just pop out at me when I read or watch a tv show, and that's motivation for me enough to start writing.

I think generally you just need to write often to stay motivated. I find that if I take a break for a week or even two days, I lose my motivation to continue my stories.

[[deleted user]]

For me, if I know I need to sit down and write but have a hard time getting started I will open up a word processor and just start writing something that require no thought. For example, the lyrics to a song that is going through my head or typing a scene from my favorite book. Usually the physical act of writing helps me to get motivated to work on my own story.

[Luke]

I just started a writing blog yesterday and my first entry is on writers block.

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

I hope it helps you. Thanks Luke