As things calm down at work, the inbox gets quiet, there are less forms to fill out and people to help; I get to focus on my own work. This sounds ideal, but the shift to having time to work on your own writing is always a little tricky for me. I think my mind likes having the excuse of being busy with other work, it convinces me that "if I just had the time" I'd be writing my own papers for my PhD, that time is the only thing holding me back. But then "the time" is available and I'm mute. I sit staring at the clean blank page and I struggle. It's true that once I start I tend to find it easier. So I know that I should "just start writing" but is often the hardest thing for. I've come back here to try to ease myself into the act of writing again. What do you do to start? How do you work past your writer's block?
