Nuh-uh. Doesn't work that way. If that's cheating, then I'm cheating by trying again with a new story after previous efforts have run aground. If you think like that, you're basically allowing a five-year-old event dictate whether you will ever write again as long as you live.

That, and you're being lazy.

So quit your belly-achin', get off your duff and do this thing. Sign up. Participate. Even if you don't finish this year's event, it can get you back in the habit of writing again, which you say is what you need more than anything.

*exhales* There. I feel better now.