dimmed

I'm typing this on ScribeFire again, the half of my screen open on a story's outline; a story yet to be written. I've been reading and rereading this for four days, even meaning to do the story as soon as I've gotten the outline, but to no avail. Not even an introductory paragraph. A scene--once or twice--from the story yet to be written flashed across my mind's vision but I only have a fleeting memory of it, not enough to start a story with. I cannot even finish an earlier editing job--the thread's been open for several weeks, I think, and for some reason I can't go on and finish it.

I can't write--the spark has been sapped out of my spirit. And this is probably a futile attempt to recapture it, apart from banging my head on the wall.