Guest Post: Grier Cooper - How to Hurtle Past Writer's Block

During a recent interview I was asked what I do if I get writer's block. At the time I didn't have an answer because it had never happened to me; writing had always come easily, although some days more easily than others. But a few months later–after I put my first young adult novel out in the world–I suddenly found myself either staring at a blank page or feeling like I was squeezing words out drop by drop.

What had changed? I asked myself. It wasn't an issue of process; I'd already written s...