Year Long Writer's Block

Have you ever wondered why sometimes when you start writing something, it's great and flying along even better than you've expected. Then, you hit a bump and everything comes to a screeching halt.

I've been at that point with more than four books I've started. While I love the plot lines and the characters, they seem to freeze in place and no idea that I have to write will work for them because of their characteristics and the situations that make each unique.

Then, if that is not hard enough, I barely have time to figure out what to do with them as I'm in school and spending all day reading textbooks and writing papers that bore me. It sometimes feels as if I don't  want to write because I spend all my time writing things for classes that I do not like writing for. 

By the time I'm done with those, I don't even want to look at my computer or a notebook to write in because my brain is so tired of trying to form phrases. And yet, the things I would write have become the daydreams I get myself lost in because I do not have time or motivation to write. A lot of those daydreams would have made excellent books to me and yet the times I try to write them down, my mind goes blank.

There are times I feel like I am neglecting my ability because I love to write. Yet, when I set aside daily time to write, nothing comes to me even if all I am writing is trying for at least a character description, a scene setting or even some dialogue that isn't even connected to any of the novels that are stalled.

I would love to hear back if you have ever had this happen, how you have gotten through it, what finally clicked for you and what you do to keep it from coming back.

Thank you.