If you are an author, who are your writing heroes? Mine, in no particular order are Louis L'Amour, Robert A Heinlein, Issac Asimov, Mercedes Lackey. Are there others? Sure Stephen King gets a more than honorable mention. There is a book, no more than about 100 pages that Stephen King wrote on the art of writing that I consider to be one of the better instructional books I've ever read on the subject. I'm not sure of the title any more as it has escaped my possession again. I've picked up two copies of it used...
Anyway, what have all of these people in common (I'm sure any writer who has made a living at the craft would say the same...) They all said: Write every day! Don't let your emotions get in the way. Don't let boredom get in the way! Don't read for pleasure, especially before you have completed your daily goal of writing. Set daily goals. Meet your daily goals.
Well some people say that failing to meet my goals after only a few days is not failure. And maybe it isn't failure entirely (after all I'm writing this [even if it isn't a story per se]) but it certainly isn't where I need to be, which is hammering out pieces and parts of a story.