Goodreads asked E.G. Radcliff:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

E.G. Radcliff For me, writer's block happens when I'm not all that excited for the next events that I have planned in the story, so it gives me a good time to reflect and make sure that my plot is actually engaging enough. If I get stuck even though I'm excited, then I need to break away. In that case, I do a repetitive workout (like swimming lengths or running laps) that doesn't require much thought, I watch a good movie or read a really good book, and then I stay up foolishly late so that my brain dissolves its way past the block. It's also helpful for me to do research; there's motivation in the details, and rooting out tiny little things that I can add to my story helps get the wheels turning again.

More and more, I've found that when I have writer's block, I switch to drawing. When I'm drawing my characters, I'm contemplating many details about them and the story. It never fails to get me unstuck.

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