How do you get into the right headspace to start writing?
I have been a writer almost my entire life. Struggling with writer's block for the past few months. Back when I was younger, I had hours a day to spend sitting down, getting everything "right" before I even started to get words onto the page. I get distracted easily, my desk is too messy, I think of 48 different things I have to do, or the music I always listen to while writing suddenly feels all-consuming.
It takes me two hours to even get started putting words down, which wasn't an issue back in the day, but nowadays I don't have the time for that anymore, and so I barely write at all. Does anyone have any tips on how to get started more easily? How do you do it?
My professor suggested starting with five minutes of freewriting before going to the actual drafts, but sadly that doesn't work for me.