Whether you’re working on a series, or giving an abandoned project another chance, or returning after chasing around a shiny new idea (or two… or three…), it is often difficult to step back into the mental space you need to be in order to continue with the plot, setting, or characters that you started. This is especially true if a long time has passed, life circumstances have changed, or if the genre of your other projects is significantly different from the original project.

This is what I’m...