Goodreads asked Megan Wong:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Megan Wong It depends. If I'm writing a new story then I usually take some time to "become bored." Boredom is an underutilized tool, most people think that we have to avoid it at all costs and so they use technology to stimulate their senses, especially by using the internet. I'm guilty of that too, but if I want to write something new - I have to be bored. I have to be able to think and rethink and imagine, so I sit and I stew in thoughts until an idea emerges and I play with it, see where it goes and if it's interesting enough that I'm not bored, I write it down.

Now, if I'm trying to deal with writer's block for writing a current story, I can do two things. The first is to write anyway, maybe a scene in the far future or something that just doesn't seem good at all, but I push on, I try to see if my characters have something else that they need to do. The second is to toy around with the idea, letting myself mull over it and then go to sleep. Dreams are super helpful and your thoughts before you go to sleep can be inspiring, so I let myself think about it, over and over, until something begins to play out in my head.

If I don't feel energetic about writing, then surrounding myself with other writers helps a lot. They motivate me because their excitement about their own work helps to fuel my own excitement.

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