Sep 28, 2026 · 13 min · 10 segments
If you rest, take breaks, even take walks, and you still sit down to write feeling like there's nothing in the tank, this episode is for you. This week on *The Confident Fiction Author*, in *Why…
Sarah Elizabeth SawyerHostConfident Fiction Author I'm not talking about sleeping, not resting on the couch with a show on, not a walk with a podcast in your ears.
I mean an hour where no voice, no screen, no page, no music was feeding anything into your brain at all.
I say it because I think that answer explains something a lot of us authors are feeling right now, which is this.
You rest, you take breaks, you even take walks, and you still sit down to write and feel like there's nothing in the tank.
Today, I want to give you the missing piece, and I want to make the case that late September is exactly the right time to do it.
Confident Fiction Author I'm not talking about sleeping, not resting on the couch with a show on, not a walk with a podcast in your ears.
I mean an hour where no voice, no screen, no page, no music was feeding anything into your brain at all.
I say it because I think that answer explains something a lot of us authors are feeling right now, which is this.
You rest, you take breaks, you even take walks, and you still sit down to write and feel like there's nothing in the tank.
Today, I want to give you the missing piece, and I want to make the case that late September is exactly the right time to do it.
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