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Do what I did. The same thing happened to me. When I was younger (oh so many years ago  ) I could write and write every day. The last few years I'm lucky if I've written 10 good songs, no stories I'm sure, and sparse poetry. I often ownder if it's to do with the various hormones released during adolescence and young adulthood and the ways your brain grows at that point that facilitates this kind of creativity. So many people who don't write now seem to have gone through a period of writing madly when younger.
So anyway, about a month and a bit ago I tried to write something and failed miserably. I started the Daily Poetry thread and now here I am. It's only a small step, and some of my stuff there is kinda dodgy, but at least it's oiling the workings of my mind. Tonight, with luck, I'm getting a bunch of musicians together (like 7 or 8 of us) and we're just going to play. I may record it if it's going well. It's a job. I could never really wrap my head around an author who said he or she would sit down and write for 8 - 10 hours a day, but you have to. You have to force yourself to treat it with respect. I think I stopped respecting the fact that, regardless of how easily it might have come to me, creating is a job. And the more you do a job, the better you become at it.
The other factor, I'm sure, is the everyday things that take time now that didn't when I was younger. I have a son and a wife who require time of me, and groceries and work and relaxing. While writing may be an outlet, it's very rarely relaxing.
Work work work. I started here 'cause I figured if I slacked, this lot on the 'Lith would mock me for not sticking to it. And to be honest, it helps when someone tells you that something you've written is good. As much as one should write for one's self, if it affects someone else in some way it's very rewarding.
Well, as you can see I'm having no trouble writing now!  Hope I helped a little.
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