The hypothesis: Road to the writer's block cure

So my blog isn't all prettied up yet. And I have no followers. So what? Us writers, we're known for crappy firsts.

Anyway, here's a little background...last summer I had a napkin writer. In my world that means I was inspired 24/7. To the point where I was grabbing anything to write on, including napkins, scribbling words and then shoving them into my pockets to save for when I could find time to type them up. My napkin writer was a young adult novel. The specifics aren't important. The point is I had conversations going on in my head. I was basically just the recorder. Sounds crazy. It was. Crazy awesome. Scenes would materialize when I was at work, in the shower, cooking dinner. I couldn't read. All I could do was let it out. Try to capture it before it was gone or I forgot it. I was living those characters' lives.

Then one day, it was over. I was left with 40 pages, a vague idea of a plot and very little hope.

Long story short: the birth of this blog. This problem is routine. I get an idea, I'm inspired and then anywhere from three weeks to three months later....plck. It stops. It fizzles like a...well, like a fart. Impressive and loud to start and then it just lingers. Now I want to get "it" back. No, not the fart. The inspiration.

That's why I'm here. Art, may I please introduce you to Science? Good. Now that you two are acquainted, it's time to do some collaborating. How many how-to books, blogs and experts are out there promising to help writers get out of their funk? And yet... does any of this advice really work? I will be finding out. Little bit by little bit. Conducting unbiased experiments. Dispelling myths. And hopefully, hopefully, getting some good writing done too.