Trying to be a productive writer

It happens. Perhaps, if not the same time when you mostly write, like most often in the morning, and just this time or day, your hand and brain are not in synch, perhaps, later in the day or even after dinner. Eventually, you will be writing again.

That happens to anyone. Wait for your right mood to start writing and try to get inspiration from what you've read in the past or experience in the past to get back to the right mood in writing.

I used to think I wanted to write, and when I was much younger, I tried. Later I realized I am a writer, but not of books or articles lie I had planned. I then took to writing blogs, found this site years ago and wrote some here. But I ultimately found that I don't like writing in the way I used to. And writer's block is a big part of that. At the same time, I was also painting and doing photography. After I got married and had my kids, I didn't paint much at all, but the photography continued, although not seriously. I was just too busy. I took tons of pictures of the kids. I even tried writing children's stories when the kids were little, trying to use them as subjects, or to write things they might like reading. But I just found at that time that I did not enjoy it as much anymore. And I always felt rushed to finish whatever I was writing. And writer's block was always present. Now that I am not raising children, and not married anymore, I paint and do other art. I live in a very small apartment with very limited space. Art takes space for all those supplies needed. I find myself constantly trying to figure out ways of reorganizing so I can paint more. Painting is therapeutic for me as well as fun. I just feel better when I am doing art, but especially painting. But just like writer's block, I can find myself blocked with the art. My best thing to do to get through it is to just do something. Anything. Good or not. Get something started. Once I do, I start feeling better and what I did often leads me to doing even more. It's the getting started that is hard. The thing I find good though with the art as opposed to writing is that I can paint over my mistakes, or former paintings I don't like. With writing, I just end up throwing bad writing and mistakes away. I am still addicted to paper though. That comes from the writing. Now I am a paper hoarder so far under control. But the paper ends up in the art. I do hope you not let yourself worry too much about the not writing. Just do what you can when you can and push through the block. I find in art, when I don't do something often enough, I can "forget' how to do it until I just force myself to do it. Not force really because I love it. I am learning that I have to do a little of each type of art I love on a regular basis to make sure I don't "forget." I am not sure how that translates into writing. I can understand what you are saying about what is going on in your brain and not being able to get the hands to cooperate in writing it all. I totally understand. I still get ideas of things I could write. I have always had trouble getting those ideas onto paper. Especially dialogue. Keep trying. Sorry I wrote so much.