Goodreads asked Beth Troy:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Beth Troy Don't try to edit and write at the same time! When I first sit down to write, I allow it to be messy - what Ann Lamott calls a shitty first draft. I'll work for a couple hours, trying to crank out 5-7 pages. And then throughout the rest of the week, I'll go back and edit/refine. As long as I've kept to this formula, I've never experienced writer's block. And sometimes in that first draft, I get away from the computer and go old-school with a pen and journal. For some reason, this takes the pressure off of forcing the early writing to be "official."

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