The kettle is boiled, our pen is inked and we have plenty of blank pages to fill in our brand new notepad.  We've even cleared our schedule for a couple of hours.  'The world is our oyster', we muse as we stare at a list of possible song titles and wait for inspiration. Inspiration that never comes. Panic slowly seeps in subversively replacing our excitement with dread. 'Is this what writers' block feels like?', we wonder. 

Does this scenario sound familiar?  There are many and varied ways in which we might become afflicted with an inability to write.  It happens from time to time.  Often we're simply distracted by life's pressures. However, there is always something that we can do to either counteract or avoid times of barrenness and despair.