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Lately I've been having a lot of trouble motivating myself to actually start writing, I have ideas it's just that I am having some trouble JUST GETTING STARTED because starting a new story on a blank page, at the moment just seems very daunting.
It hasn't ever happened before and I know that once I start I'll be fine but I wanted whether anyone else has the same problem and how they over come it.

It's called "Writer's Block" and about as common among writers as sneezing, seriously. You get the ideas sometimes, and you want to write them, but the white page and the little blinking black line just totally makes your muse die. I've had it before, and often the only solution for it is: Stop Writing.
Sometimes called habituation, writer's block is when your mind is overfilled or tired or just plain not working. Take a walk, listen to some relaxing music, swim, jog, (don't ead), eat, anything that relaxes you and frees your mind from your writing. After a while it'll come back to you.
Hope I helped! ^^

Take a walk around town, hang out with a couple friends, eat, drink, sleep, go to school, and start writing again when you have something organic to write about.

You really can't force writing.

listen to some relaxing music

Or some new music. I find that helps; doing anything a little out of the ordinary can give you a bit of motivation to write. I've struggled a bit with block and don't write as often as I'd like, but I got a few new songs the other day and Oasis has somehow inspired me to write. Try it, but not necessarily with Oasis.

Writer's block is nasty. I sympathize. In addition to some of the grand suggestions here, read a good book. Either something you have already read and love or something new entirely. Immersing yourself in a different world for a while is helpful. And if you start getting fragments of ideas, just open up a Word document and start writing whatever comes to mind, cohesive or not. Then, when you're brimming with motivation, you have your tiny diamonds of thought ready to be worked with.

And remember, even when you do embark on that first page of your story, it doesn't have to be an immediate example of your very best writing. That's what 'editing' is for.

Sometimes, I need to stop for months. The advice given above is fantastic. Listen to it.

What I suggest is to stop writing until an idea keeps you up at night. Then your muse is knocking and you'll (hopefully) find words when looking at that page.

I stopped writing for six months once. And when I started again, my current novel-in-progress and a short story that's hit 5,000 words sprung out.

Love it or hate it, you always start writing in the end. My advice is to occupy yourself with other activities other than writing. This could be the time to call up your friends, go out for dinner. But always bring a notebook with you. Just in case.

Also, when you've hit writer's block, try a couple of times to shatter it with mental focus. If not, you need to take a step back and put it aside. Maybe work on other projects.

All in all, writer's block can help you in the end.

It's been more than a year since I've finished a novel. I've quit tons since my last one. But ifyou're having trouble writing, try to write a short poem or two; that often can alleviate the writer's block to a degree. And if that doesn't do it, then just write down your thoughts on the day, on your mood, or whatever you feel is necessary to write about. And if that still fails then go out and have an adventure. Go do something insane (Something that's legal, anyway, or not stupid) or try a new experience you never would've seen yourself doing a year before. These things will help, trust me. It's worked for me thus far.

I had a similar experience to Ross Sharpay. And though some might suggest writing through it; when I tried that nothing came out but utter garbage.

Then one day I just woke up and thought "Gee, today would be a good day to start getting my writing act together."
The best way to counter what you mentioned is enthusiasm, I think. If you have to drag yourself to the computer and upchuck something on the screen, and then have the post-terrible story blues and write nothing for a week, you're not doing yourself any great favors.
Another suggestion: nanowrimo's coming up soon, and if you join you'll have a built-in support group and the idea might get you psyched up enough to start writing. Even if you don't "win," it's still a great experience.
I know that scriptfrenzy was what segued me into writing and I wish you good luck, whatever you do.
http://www.nanowrimo.org/
In case your interested, National Novel Writing Month starts this November. Fifty-thousand words in thirty days. Check it out.

It may help to stop writing for a while, but the fact is: if you want to be a writer as a career, you can't afford to stop writing at a whim.

In fact the best way to overcome writers block is to write. Once your momentum is going you'll be fine. Take a look at this.

It's a pretty quick and limited blog on freewriting. There's other stuff out there if you google it. It also just so happens I'm doing an article on freewriting in my soon-to-be-released e-zine. Click the link in my signature for more details.

The possible reasons for not writing could be many:

Your thinking too much.Too much effort to make the writing perfect results in poor work or no work at all.The question you really need to ask yourself is-Do I really need to write all the time.

Another reason for not being able to write is your subconscious fear of not being able to complete everything in one sitting.That's something you might really have to get over own your own.

You might also have too many ideas because of which you are unable to finalise what to write on.So come down to one particular thought which is very clear.

That's about all I have for a possible explanation.

Good luck.