#3

I've never had a problem with what people call "writer's block." Maybe I'm an odd duck, but there are more stories boucing around inside my head than you can shake a pencil at. I don't mean to brag, it's just that I see alot of writers online talking in forums, or whathaveyou, about the motivation to keep going. They get stuck on names for places, how much description to use in physical appearance, how to name their characters...the list goes on and on. My point is, they're thinking too much about the final product, and not the actual process of writing. Names will come along as you write the character. It doesn't matter what so-and-so's name is while you're writing. Stop trying to come up with perfection, and write the damn story. Get something down on paper.
There is no magical process in how an author came up with your favorite character's name. He or she came up with it because it sounded good to them, or it possibly had personal meaning to them. That's it.
If you want to know how much or little physical description to use when writing, read a popular author, any favorite of yours will do, and pay attention. How much desription do they use? Don't read it for fun, read it like a textbook. It's all there in black and white. I'm not telling you to copy them, I'm telling you to see what works for them.
Motivation has to be inside you. No one else can give it to you. The desire to write stories is either there or it's not. If you're really serious about this stuff, then read and write...a lot.
As much as you can.
You will get better with every word.
I know I have.