Finding the energy to complete a book

When you have no drive whatsoever to write but you have a book that needs to be finished. Maybe your editor is waiting on the final draft or you have yourself on a timer and you need to get it done.

Whatever the case is, you need to get this book done but you have no energy to do so.

Most of the time when you come to this point, you are two or three chapters shy of a completed manuscript. So how do you get back on track?

My advice, you really can't. As I stated in "The Writing Season" articles you can not force the writing season. Either you feel it or you don't and when you force a book or story yourbook will not come out right. Remember- "Good things come to those who wait" So you simply need to wait.

Wait until the story is ready to come out of you. If you wait you may have a HOT :) ending that will leave your readers wanting more. So if you are in a situation where it needs to get done and you CAN'T wait, go to a place or get in a mode that will allow you to easily slip into the season. Go to a book store. Go to the park. Be around someone or something that you know gets your juices flowing.

BUT! Don't force it! It's the worse mistake a writer can make.

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Signing Off,
Dominique Watson