Goodreads asked Tracy Manaster:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Tracy Manaster When in doubt, do something absurd. In dialogue, have a character actually say they things they want to instead of letting them chicken out. Know what your character fears and make that fear rear it's scaly head in some uncomfortable capacity. If you're stuck, make things ugly, thorny, or complicated. It's much easier to rein in a draft that's too much than to pretend one is lively where nothing actually happens.

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