Writing may be the loneliest profession. We begin alone with a blank in front of us. Alone, we must come up with something from inside our well of experience, knowledge, intellect to fill the void and create something which someone else can enjoy and understand. You may never literally bleed onto a page (outside of papercuts) but we do leave something of ourselves imprinted in everything we write, non-fiction included.

No wonder we get writer's block. Writer's burn out. Writer's run dry and writer's can lack inspiration. Writer's can lack motivation too but often the necessities like bill paying and the onslaught of a deadline will help with motivation.

Is there a Cure for Writer's Block? Are you so stuck you can't imagine writing another word? Ever?

Of course not. You can write as easily as you can read. So write a grocery list. Give it a spin. Write something else ordinary next.

After awhile you'll be itching to write something less ordinary again.

What do you do when you can't find the inspiration to write?

I've thought about changes to the structure of my story and how I use narration, or don't use it all. Should I change the point of view to another character? I've thought about great ways I can mess up a character who has become too good to be true. I've written about how I feel about writing in notes to myself. I'm making an effort to vary sentence length in fiction and non-fiction - something I was working on but forgot about.

Every writer goes through a dry spell. We all need to have some inspiration at some point. It helps all those times we are alone, sitting with a blank, empty page in front of us, depending on our wits to fill it with greatness.