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You could always pretend you've just been diagnosed with a fatal illness and have only one week to complete your story/novel. That should get you moving.
Okay, I'm one of those people who has no problem getting down to the business of writing, mainly because I have only a certain amount of time available. Just do it. Writing is a job, like any other.
It's hard to say why people have problems facing the blank page. Some writers suggest ending the day's work in mid-sentence so that you can just continue the next day. That doesn't work for me, but hey, we're all different.
Much of my creative inspiration comes from reading the work of others, or reading newspapers and stumbling upon some bizarre item that sparks my curiosity. If I'm already into my novel, I just look to see what's going to happen next, hopefully something traumatic to my characters, and write it.
As Don DeLillo says: when you're driving a car at night, you don't have to see all the way to your destination, you only have to see as far as the headlights show you. (or words to that effect)
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