Sometimes that is what you have to do: stop writing, deal with whatever, and then go back to it. I've done it more than once myself; no judgment here.
I find that the toughest task is the going back after a long time of not-writing. When writing is no longer part of your daily or weekly routine it has to be reintegrated. Since every spare moment we have these days seems to be dedicated to doing something else time has to be made for it. Then there's the picking up where you left off or starting fresh on something new. Often you have to do this with the reason(s) you stopped writing in the first place still hovering in the background, waiting to distract you -- and railroad you -- again.
If you're wrestling with this problem, there are plenty of ways to cope. National Novel Writing Month is less than two months away now, and there is no better time to seriously dive into your writing than NaNoWriMo. Before you commit to producing a novel in a month, however, you might consider dusting off your muse and warming up your writerly muscles by getting back to writing right now. Pick a simple project and get to it: write a poem, a short story, update your blog, start a handwritten journal or research and outline your NaNo novel. Do this, stick with it and by the time November arrives I'll bet you'll have a lot more confidence in yourself and your writing.

You can start getting back to your writing via haiku right now, too. In comments to this post write a haiku (or if you can't come up with one, toss your name in the hat) by midnight EST on Wednesday, September 5th, 2012. I'll draw one name at random from everyone who participates and send the winner a set of Haikubes and an unsigned copy of Writing the Life Poetic by Sage Cohen. This giveaway is open to everyone on the planet, even if you've won something at PBW in the past.
“I am inspired by anything that emotionally and intellectually attract my five senses,” Richard Eric Johnson. "I'm inspired to write when I think about the timelessness of the craft. Poetry is an essential component to human life, dating back to the very beginnings of recorded history, and such a large span of time is both intimidating and inspiring. So, I write because of the poetic tradition, because of all that has come before, and that, hopefully, has yet to be produced," Matthew Henningsen.tadalafil
ReplyDeleteWriter's Block
ReplyDeleteby Diane
Turtle-paced words drift
Still I cannot capture them
Again, my muse departs
Facebook can't fix it:
ReplyDeletethe crap chapter, writer's block.
So why am I here?
All my kids are sick
ReplyDeleteI can't get my writing done
Poetry might help.
I've never writen haiku before.
ReplyDeleteMaybe now's the time.
Maybe it will help.
Gray cells catch fire
ReplyDeleteIlluminate my dull mind
Plot ignites from spark
It is a lifetime
ReplyDeleteTo travel and explore
Now is the time
sunshine makes me well
ReplyDeletelifts my lagging spirits
a breathe of air
Summer's zinnia
ReplyDeletedroops her head, like a lady
tired of parties.
Rain at my window
ReplyDeleteMakes me want to sit and read
Alas, work awaits
Muse deserted me
ReplyDeleteDepression shoo'd her away
Begone Sad! Rise Muse!
Fallen pine needles
ReplyDeletecasting false I Ching shadows
fate found in chaos
~ C. Burton
Inspiration comes;
ReplyDeleteSparkles, dancing merrily.
Then laughs, running out.
The yellow bus arrives,
ReplyDeleteMy whole world climbs inside, then
peace descends awhile
Stephanie
Fall leaves, old pages.
ReplyDeletePlease use! They drop away,
drift, and disappear.