@Ciera Starks It really sucks to lose motivation... Every single time it happens 😕 🐦‍🔥 The good thing is that you can always get it back For the sound of it, I think you lost motivation because daily is life so busy that there is less headspace to be inspired when the situation required from you to be rather operative 🦾 IMHO, motivation is something you catch, but rather than you getting it, it gets to you ↔️ 🎣 Its a lot like fishing, I guess... What the fish does is outside of your control but you still have agency. You can decide where in the lake or sea you are, you can chose the bait, the time of day, etc Likewise, if you nurture the environment where motivation grows, it will, eventually, undoubtedly, sprout 🌱 🤗 👨‍👨‍👦‍👦You have a husband and four kids that's already 5 great starting points, what stories or poems would they need to or want to read? 🕯️ 🫵 You can also write to 'the idea of writing itself', to your lost love. 💌 Write it that one love letter to your dwindling love for writing that makes you want to remember the good ol' days when writing was center and spotlight 🧭 Tell it what makes it fell like a lost cause. Summon it back. It will come. It still lives within you ❤️‍🔥 I can read it already between the lines of your message here 💯 😶‍🌫️ I'm personally, not so aware of all the contextual or relevant details in your life 🫥 🍃 So, I'm sorry if my words fall a bit short at this moment, still, we are here to support each other 🫂 That's what makes the big difference between a community and just a course. 🤷‍♂️ Perhaps it's also good to point out that even if right now you don't have motivation, 💪 you still have shown us the value of being self reflective, the decisiveness to want to do something about it, and the courage to put yourself out there and ask for new perspective or help 🧩 You are already have lots of pieces to the puzzle

@Arthur Maddocks-Brown

The signs were all there, it was like solving a mystery, one just needed to follow the crumbles. Little Elsie was right after all...

I was writing one scene that is set around a very thick and difficult subject regarding life (and death). I was wondering what are your thoughts and experiences and tricks when it comes to writing about these?

This made me think about the LOTR prologue that has four chapters! I remember asking myself why do I need to know that hobbits need to swim before, what about the ring?

I'm not complaining I love Tolkien