The trick is not becoming a writer. The trick is staying a writer.

Harlan Ellison

Day after day
Week after week
Year after year
Story after story

How many writers disappear after ten years?
Musicians?
Comedians?
Artists?

While the creative side will always be with a person, especially if they were immersed within their field, you will rarely see them produce more than a memory of an earlier time.

This is the challenge of creativity. It’s not the creative part itself, but the commitment to keep at it.