Goodreads asked Olen Steinhauer:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Olen Steinhauer Writer's block is a serious condition. Some don't believe it exists at all, but I've known a few writers who went through it and attest that it does. I've never suffered from it in a serious way, but sometimes I look at the page and just feel pure despair. This happens often enough, but it doesn't lead to me not writing. It leads to me either trying another way into the story, or throwing it away and starting fresh. There's something liberating about throwing away a manuscript, even if you've spent a year or so on it, and beginning with the blank page. I love the blank page, because anything is possible.

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