A body in motion tends to stay in motion.
While writing Wolfsong back in April, I wrote every single day, sometimes twice a day, because the story wanted OUT. Out of my mind, onto the page (hey, that’s fine with me!) and I had fun with it. I found myself waking up automatically at 7 am (and I’m a wake-at-noon sort of girl 
) with the next scene fresh in my mind. I’d boot up Seven, write 1500-2000 words in a sitting, then crash til noon. Then depending on what I had going, I might’ve written another 2k before bedtime. I was Turned On.
Then I got tangled up in a hangup that I thought was a Big Deal…and I stopped writing, put the brakes on and skidded to a dead halt. I fretted, stressed, and worried (but ultimately figured out my problem)…but I didn’t write for a week and a half. And it was so. so. so hard to get back into that story. I was no longer a body in motion, but a body at rest. It sucked, but I powered through it and wrote the rest of the story that month (but still, I whined…a lot).
At this point in time, I’m 90% through my rewrite of Spellbound…alllmost to the point where I get to finish the rest of the book with Brand New Words. But I haven’t written in like, ehhh…almost two weeks. And I’ve found myself avoiding all things writerly. Which is Bad, seeing as I need to get “the Trio” up by Halloween. Blargh. I know it needs to be done. I just would rather slack (I know -tases self- BAD WRITER!)
It’s hard, when you don’t want to do it. When you’re making up excuses (“But I need to clean the bathroom!”) BUT I know if I can -just- get myself back into the habit of writing daily, I’ll be back on the Train of Awesome! (And the soap scum in the tub will wait until I finish that story, I assure you!) …guess I’m headed to Seven to finish up the rest of the rewrite part before NaNoWriMo! XD
Anyone else having trouble motivating to do something? Do you have tips to make Jumping Back Into Writing easier? 
I get like that for a month at a time. And then I’ll be epic for a month or two. And then I’ll be slow again. I usually just find something else to work on in the meantime – editing, drafting, blogging, role-playing, *something* to work my fingers and brain!
Yay Nanowrimo!!
It must just be a writer thing, cuz I’m the same way
We go in spurts, on and off again, and by the time I worry that I’ll never be turned back ‘on’, an idea comes roaring into the race and I’m off and running again! (And yay nano! XD)