Goodreads asked Kara Lee Corthron:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Kara Lee Corthron I have to trick myself out of it. I have tons of games and tools that I give to students to help them generate pages. When I really feel stuck, I use these myself. It can be something simple like maybe a scene isn't going the way I want it to. Maybe I'll start the scene again, with all the same circumstances, except I'll dramatically change the location. What if an intimate scene between a mother and daughter suddenly had to take place at Hershey Park? How does it shift? What happens to the stakes? If something cracks open for me, I'll just remove the location and try to retain all the juicy bits I've found.

There are times when even this kind of work doesn't help and during those times, I find it really helpful to go on long walks, go to the park, or maybe a free museum. Anything to clear and refresh my mind.

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