Goodreads asked Chris Pearce:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Chris Pearce I certainly suffer from writer’s block from time to time. I think the best way to deal with it is to just write anything for a bit, even if you end up deleting or drastically changing it later on. It can help clear your mind, and other ideas might come out of it too. Or I might leave off what I’m currently writing and start a new scene or chapter, perhaps write a few hundred words and then return to what I was writing before. Or sometimes, it might be better to do some admin things or get up and make a cup of coffee or a meal and take your mind off writing for ten minutes or an hour or whatever. The worst thing is probably to sit there and try and write the next sentence but it just doesn’t happen. After a few minutes of this, write something else or do something else altogether for a little while.

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