Goodreads asked T.W. Iain:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

T.W. Iain I'm not sure if I believe that writer's block exists. Not as some huge artistic barrier to creativity, anyway.
I have times when stories aren't working. I have times when the words aren't flowing as well as I would like. I have times when the plot is becoming muddled, and I'm working myself into a corner. But these aren't writer's block. They're just problems I need to work at.
Like all problems, they need different solutions. Sometimes I simply need to push through, and the words will start coming (and I can always delete the ones that were causing me to stumble). Sometimes I need to take a step back and return to my planning. Sometimes I need to move to a different scene, maybe writing from another character's point of view for a while. Sometimes I may need to put that particular story away and work on something fresh.
But I don't think any of this constitutes writer's block. They are only a block if I don't try different things to solve them.

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