Send it here (true[myusername] at gmail). I've been in that place before (hello, a 5000-words chapter a year for 5 years!) and I know the feeling. There's never enough energy, or something better/more fun/more urgent to do. And I won't say hearing about how Monty worked didn't make me feel ashamed of myself.
My personal tip: Set yourself a place and time to write. For the past few years, I've spent every friday after work (I work for a jewish company, so short fridays) at an all-you-can-eat sushi place. Just me, my laptop (A weak thing that can't play games) and all the food I can get. I'm there for around six hours every time, with nothing holding me back or better to do.
It's helped enormously. I don't have to think of cooking, work's done for the week, and the weekend hasn't started. Just write. I don't succeed all the times, but the only reason I have chapters in the last six months is because of that place.
Maybe a restaurant is out of your means, but set yourself a place like that. If having a computer is too much distraction, write everything manually (there's an author at one of the writing session I go to whose first drafts are all hand-written. She has four books out and six more coming out). Set yourself a time and place where you won't be bothered, and where it would take more effort to back to other stuff than to continue writing. It's worked for me, maybe it'll work for you.
And don't knock yourself down too much. You've already started stuff, that's better than a lot of people.
Be hearing from you.
-People may die, but ideas are forever. Je suis Charlie.
My personal tip: Set yourself a place and time to write. For the past few years, I've spent every friday after work (I work for a jewish company, so short fridays) at an all-you-can-eat sushi place. Just me, my laptop (A weak thing that can't play games) and all the food I can get. I'm there for around six hours every time, with nothing holding me back or better to do.
It's helped enormously. I don't have to think of cooking, work's done for the week, and the weekend hasn't started. Just write. I don't succeed all the times, but the only reason I have chapters in the last six months is because of that place.
Maybe a restaurant is out of your means, but set yourself a place like that. If having a computer is too much distraction, write everything manually (there's an author at one of the writing session I go to whose first drafts are all hand-written. She has four books out and six more coming out). Set yourself a time and place where you won't be bothered, and where it would take more effort to back to other stuff than to continue writing. It's worked for me, maybe it'll work for you.
And don't knock yourself down too much. You've already started stuff, that's better than a lot of people.
Be hearing from you.
-People may die, but ideas are forever. Je suis Charlie.