Inspiration has a talent for disappearing the moment a blank page appears. One minute you’re convinced you have a great idea; the next, your brain is silent and the cursor is blinking like it knows something you don’t. This isn’t a failure of creativity—it’s a timing issue. Stories don’t vanish when you sit down to write; they hide. The good news is they’re easy to coax back out once you stop waiting for inspiration to behave and start giving it a little structure to work with.