Goodreads asked Sally Bend:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Sally Bend I struggle with procrastination and time management far more than I do writer's block, but my coping mechanism is to get out and go for a walk. I just let my mind wander as I walk, and try not to think anything specific. Before long there will be a scene or even a snippet of dialogue that flashes through my thoughts.

My biggest challenge at that point is trying to either remember it or somehow write it down. The nice thing about a cellphone is that I can dictate notes to myself and not look like completely crazy - so long as nobody really pays attention to what I am saying, of course. I have gotten some really odd (and really disgusted) looks, but every once in a while I will find a knowing smile pass by.

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