A Goodreads user asked Chris Grabenstein:

Hi! I'm a huge fan of you and your writing - I devoured The Island of Dr. Libris in one day. I myself enjoy writing, but often find myself stuck. Do you have any advice on how to overcome writer's block?

Chris Grabenstein YES -- give yourself permission to write a really bad, stinky, lousy, no good first draft. Get SOMETHING down on paper, let your imagination run wild, and then go back and make it better. You will never, ever have writer's block if you don't try to make your first draft perfect. Don't think, just write. And then -- go back and rewrite and rewrite and rewrite.

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