Goodreads asked Dan Jones:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Dan Jones Fortunately, I have not suffered it for about 10 years. The key, I think, is to write every day - it's like playing the piano or jogging - the more you do it, the easier it becomes. But it is worth remembering that the best place to start assembling a piece of prose is not necessarily at the beginning - where one is faced with the daunting tyranny of the blinking cursor and blank page. If you are having trouble getting going, then it is a good tactic to just start writing at the bit in the story/article/chapter that excites and interests you the most. Start building there and then, when your work has started to emerge, you can go back and write the trickier bits later, buoyed by confidence, rhythm, etc. The other thing to say is, to (probably mis-)quote William Goldman, STRUCTURE IS EVERYTHING. The best way to avoid not knowing what you want to write is to plan, and plan, and plan and plan before you get started. Not being able to write is often a manifestation of not having your ideas clear in your own mind. To put it another way, it's much easier to build a house if you have an architectural drawing than simply by standing there looking at a massive pile of bricks.

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