Goodreads asked Emily Roberson:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Emily Roberson the best way for me to deal with writer's block is to take a walk. I often find that whatever was giving me trouble works itself. I have also figured out that writers block is often a sign that there is something wrong earlier on in the book. So the problem isn't the pages I'm on, it's five or ten or twenty pages before, when I lost track of my characters and what they want.

The other thing I've learned (and this goes back to when I was working as a newspaper reporter) that often when I'm stuck, my best tool is a notepad and pen. Often I can find my way through more easily by writing something by hand than by typing.

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