Getting Stuck

I've been getting quite a few questions in the mailbag recently about writer's block, and invariably they end with the anguished plea, "How do you know what happens next?"

Which is a lot of the problem right there, in my opinon. Because "What happens next?" and "What do I do next?" are among the most useless questions most writers can ask themselves. They won't help most people get unstuck, because getting the answer is getting unstuck, all at once. 

It's like having a car that's well and truly st