If John Can Do It....

This morning I sat down to begin writing my next book and was struck by the fear that I couldn't do it, not again. After five books you'd think the terror of the blank page would, if no go away, at least be ameliorated to some degree. But no, there it was, the certainty that writing an entire novel was an impossible task. All those pages, all those characters, plot twist, scenes, where the hell would they come from? Certainly not me.
I remember John Steinbeck in Travels with Charly saying he knew he couldn't write a novel, but could write a page, and that was how he dealth with the impossible task.
So, here's to John, and writing one page.