I’ve been working on my creative blockage for almost two years now. I’ve been blocked for longer than that. But in July 2022, I started working through The Artist’s Way to help get me “unblocked”.

It’s not that I don’t have anything to write about. In terms of playwriting, that is. It’s that I can’t muster up the energy to start a project.

I had a false start a couple of months ago. I thought it would take, but my drive fizzled out.

I can feel some of the mental wheels starting to turn again.

Doing this daily practice helps.

Julia Cameron says to set small goals and be gentle with yourself.

I know that I’m going to write another draft of my play The Lost Years. But I’ve planned that for the summer.

I can find some time to work on something before then. But will I dust off one of my previous projects? Or start something new?

I’m leaning towards something new. Something fresh to me.

But I could be overthinking it still…

What if I stop worrying about a project? What if I just start writing and see what the Muse brings my way?

For the coming week, I’ll write a small scene a day. With at least five lines.

Small and gentle.

And then next week, I can see if I want to do more. Or do the same. Or try something else.