You can give yourself your own one day writing workshop. Pick a day which you can spend on your writing, without interruptions. Unplug the phone, don't check email and don't think of it as the daily grind. It's a special day, just as if you had traveled to some other town for a workshop or writer's convention. Give yourself a break from your writing routine. If you invite other writers, know this is not a social occasion, it's a work-shop for a reason.
As you plan the day make sure you have no family or job commitments that will conflict with your workshop. Let everyone know about the workshop. If you have to, let them think you won't even be home all day. After all, you aren't home, you're at a writing workshop.
Create and stick to a time table, don't think to dilly dally over your morning coffee. Gather your supplies before the day arrives. You can't abandon the workshop to pick up more coffee cream or one more book for your research. If you can't get the space and quiet you need at home book a hotel room for the day. You can also try the local library, just don't get tempted to browse..
Plan what you need for a snack and lunch, just as if you were taking a break at a fancy hotel at a convention. Give yourself a treat. But, when you do take your break, stop working. Think of the day as a day away from home, even if you are home. Eat at a table without making space for a keyboard or paper and pens.
Start your workshop by visualizing yourself at a workshop, writing. Write a statement of purpose for your workshop. Know what you want to accomplish before you throw yourself into it. Divide the day into morning and afternoon sessions. When you come back for the afternoon reread your morning's work. Decide which direction you want to go in next. Are you ready to edit your writing or keep going with the flow of writing it? Are you headed in the right direction, ready to move to a new chapter or change the tide? What new ideas did you get during the lunch break?
Put fresh, revamped energy into your projects. Use the day to finish something, get a new idea started or just plug on with what you've been doing. Don't let yourself get sidetracked or wind up finding new ways to procrastinate. This is your day, your own personal writing workshop.
"If you want to write, you can. Fear stops most people from writing, not lack of talent, whatever that is. Who am I? What right have I to speak? Who will listen to me if I do? You are a human being with a unique story to tell, and you have every right." - Richard Rhodes.
"Love your material. Nothing frightens the inner critic more than the writer who loves her work. The writer who is enamored of her material forgets all about censoring herself. She doesn't stop to wonder if her book is any good, or who will publish it, or what people will think." - Allegra Goodman.