I never get to the blank screen stare--not until I'm feeling something come to me that I want to write will I open the laptop or grab a pen and one of the notebooks/journals people have gifted me. Yes, days or longer can elapse when I don't feel it. Have my muses abandoned me. No. They want me to be doing something else--addressing some other aspect of myself or my life that needs my attention. That's why I object to articles writers write about overcoming blocks with all kinds of tips (which yours was not, my friend).