From someone who published nine books and over a thousand articles in the last ten years: writing begets writing. If you fall off the bandwagon, returning to t

From someone who published nine books and over a thousand articles in the last ten years: writing begets writing. If you fall off the bandwagon, returning to the activity is tedious. First lines feel like hard work, as if you were a totally unfit person trying to climb a steep hill. Then it gets slowly better and if you can persist and write for several days, you are "in the flow" again.