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Goodreads asked R. Roderick Rowe:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

R. Roderick Rowe I've always got something under construction on my 'puter. If I hit a block on any ongoing work, I just go back and start editing. For me, "blocks" are all about lack of creative inspiration. When the muses flee, going back and re-working already written content reconnects me to the overall story. As I'm cleaning up a sentence, or a paragraph or even noticing something odd about how a concept is presented, I'll often get a flash of inspiration to kick me back into creative mode. Then I just jump to the area where the inspiration sends me and start drafting again.

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