Writer’s Block?

On page 161 I discovered that I had forgotten how to write a novel.

It’s happened before. I’m moving along at a fairly steady pace and suddenly . . . what’s that? A brick wall? And what’s my nose doing pressed up against it?

The popular term for the experience is “writer’s block.” Even grade-school children have heard of it and consider it a serious disability. “Do you ever get writer’s block?” they used to ask solemnly back in the days when I went out to schools. And I suppose I have, though i...