Virginia Woolf has something helpful to say about how to start or get back into a writing habit.

There are plenty of books in the world – likely even on your subject of expertise. So why should you consider adding yours?

Many people feel like they have a book in them -- if only they had the time to write. Yet plenty of busy people write books. So how do they manage, or more to the point, how can you?

There are plenty of resources today that focus on the mechanics of how to write a book. But beneath these practicalities is a more personal obstacle. It’s about what the novelist John Gardner spoke about as the “root problems” that face every writer: confidence, self-respect, and freedom.