I’m in my thirties. I’ve got a few short stories under my belt, a creative writing degree, and countless DNFs. Right now, I’m working through my original novel idea from when I was 18.

You never know what life will bring that causes an abandoned idea to flourish.

one of the highest rates of child sexual abuse in the country (for context, it’s crime index is about 20% higher than London’s). And

I have a whole folder of story ideas and outlines. Ive found theyre best left sitting until one of the ideas resurfaces and I feel inspired to write about it.

Im actually a few chapters into a story that sat in my ideas folder for over a year. I had a dream about it and all of a sudden I knew exactly what I wanted to do with the story.

Ive found trying to force things tends to lead to bad writing for me personally. I make myself write every day, but I dont try and force something specific. Some days all I write all journal entries and forum posts, but I think it keeps me in practice so when I finally get inspired the writing flows easily.