Goodreads asked Chris L. Adams:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Chris L. Adams This may sound contradictory (given the question) but when I stall out this is exactly what helps me - I write a poem.

When I reach an impasse in a story and become frustrated I've found it helps to set it aside, think of a short plot along different lines (IE an unhappy elf enters a cave to discover a beautiful nymph frozen in ice - freeing her she leads him through a dimensional portal to another world where they frolic to this day).

Now write a poem about that elf and his cute little nymph friend.

By the time I finished doing that I will typically have figured out a path forward on the yarn I was struggling with because I never completely quit thinking about it. It'll pop in and out of my head. Let your mind roam where it it will when it does, hopping back to your poem frequently.

Try it! And as Gary Weston would say, happy writing, folks.

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