[jbsmith]

Stu - I'm also a writer, though my focus is on packaging information into training ebooks, books, courses, presentations and home study packages.

One potential trigger is simply getting started.

Writing is a funny thing - there is so much anxiety and emotion tied up in one's desire to write. We are taught from an early age in school that proper English is such a challenge and that every aspect must be mastered before we strike out and write.

Then, we put tremendous emotion into our desire to write, it's often a highly sought after alternative career path or a a path to emotional freedom from a creative point of view - big DEAL.

When you get started...much of that build-up is pushed to the back and you unleash the floodgates to realizing your dream.

Of course, there are other triggers which develop out of the pain threshold of NOT getting started is finally too great to ignore - this may come about by hitting a certain birthday, going through an especially challenging time or experience in your life, inspiration from someone who you have read about or talked to who has done the same.

Whatever the reason, you want to keep your momentum. Writing can be somewhat of a rollercoaster - you are up and then you are down, so keep writing through it all.

Jeff