Goodreads asked Chris Dee:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Chris Dee I'll start an on-page improv. Put a couple of characters together, or a character and a setting, and just start writing. Like theatrical improv, the only goal is to return the serve, so you don't worry about style, subtext or foreshadowing. Nobody but you will ever read it, so there are no consequences. You don't care if you're making promises you'd have to keep later, or referencing something that casual readers may not remember (or something they never knew about.) It doesn't matter if you're repeating a word too often, or even if someone drifts out of character for no reason. You keep the volley going, or you break the scene and follow one of those characters somewhere else.

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