I've worked from home for years and I learned that the problem is not getting outside enough. I stopped making coffee at home so everyday I go for a walk and get a cup of coffee. Maybe that sounds odd but I've found that it can be easy to end up shut up in your house for days. I know a few other people who work from home and they have the same problem. Some authors seem to love the solitude. They brag about it to me. "I locked myself away and just wrote for days!" I don't do that. In fact, when I feel stuck I grab my laptop and write in a cafe. All the activity and randomness makes it easier for me to write. I can't write in a vacuum and, after a couple of days locked away, that's exactly how it feels to me. Clearly, I'm the odd one since I read about authors hiding out in some cabin to finish their latest book. The truth is, I would just run out of ideas. People interest me. People inspire me. And people are needed to populate my stories. Without people you have a story about... what?
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