There's No Such Thing as Defeat

When there are no words, we can rehash old ones. We make them better or write an old idea with new perspective. I rather like this idea. If we believe in what we write, it is possible to write about it many times and have just as many variances on the result. It also helps any regular readers that may be lurking in the shadows to really take heart with your ideas.

Hey, I've heard this before. Yes, you have heard this all before. When we are not inspired, we often perform other tasks. When we are not inspired, we should still write. Take that idea that you've already written and write it again. Do this for poetry, articles, or short stories. Or, how about that chapter in the novel you're working on?

It may be there was something in the previous write that you weren't totally comfortable with when you wrote it. Maybe this version will be better. If not, maybe a combination of the original and the second version will make it perfect. Don't bother reading the original before you start. Just write the ideas. You know what the ideas are and you are capable of expanding on them.

Once you begin the process, you might just find that there is some inspiration in there after all. We don't necessarily need inspiration to get us started, we need an idea. Inspiration keeps us going and keeps us coming back to do it again the next day. Never let the blank page defeat you. If you never leave the page blank, it never will.