One thing I say a lot, and I’m sure many of you have said this plenty of times as well over the years, are the words ‘One day I am going to write a novel.’ Some of us may have even started. I know I have. Oh so many times. In fact, there is one I am working on (working being a very loose term) right now. However, after a measly 7000 words, writer's block struck. I had no idea where I was going with this story. Not a clue. And so I sat, waiting for motivation to come. But motivation did not come, and so my story rested there. Unfinished and lonely. Yesterday I decided to try again. Of course my first step was googling ‘how to write’, as we all know that google has the answer to everything. I wanted a quick fix, something so effective that I would never have to worry about writer’s block again. One novel? Forget it, I was going to write thousands. However, a quick fix I did not find. Instead, I found some very good advice. Sometimes you have to sit down and force yourself to...