So... I'm stuck.
For those of you who don't know, I have written a book about AS, primarily designed for parents to help them understand and help their child. I 'finished' the book last august, but I never was really satisfied with it. I did the best I could, but I still feel as though the book is shallow, poorly written, and lacking proper explanations. However, as I was starting school that month, I didn't have enough time to go through and rewrite the sections that I didn't like (which was most of the book). So, basically, I published a rough draft. I made a nice website (its the one in my signature) and put the book there for download. I figured that I would eventually go back later and clean it up.
Now that I am done with school, I have been trying to go through and rewrite the book, but I seem to be stuck. I just can't seem to get the ideas from my head down onto paper the way I want. It isn't that I don't know what idea I am trying to convey; it's just that trying to put the idea into words is increasingly becoming a futile effort.
For those of you who have written anything extensive, how do you deal with this sort of thing? Is there any technique, or methodology that you have found to help, or something like that?
The only thing I can think of is to put the project aside for a week or so and hope that I can come at it from a fresh perspective, but I have been trying that the last 2 weeks and I am no more able to convey my ideas today then when I decided to take a break 2 weeks ago.
So, any ideas?