Have you invoked your Muse today?
If you’re going to write an epic poem, you have to begin with an invocation to the Muse. Homer, the first known Muse petitioner, was great at this. Calling on these goddesses of creative inspiration to assist him in writing his best material, he ended up with The Iliad and The Odyssey. But it works with lesser endeavors, too. When I was raising three small children, the only writing I could manage was the occasional journal entry. Often I would begin by mentioning how long it