Goodreads asked R.A. Finley:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

R.A. Finley I don't believe that a slow day, or those hours when you rework a sentence and can't get beyond it...I don't believe that's a "block." Nor is the attempt to do anything but sit down at the computer and open the writing file. It's a chance to reevaluate--where is the story going? What might have been overlooked/left out in what is already on the page? Did I make a wrong turn somewhere? And sometimes it isn't that, sometimes it's a matter of getting an idea for something that is to come later. There is no "block." That implies a wall, something in the way. The only thing in the way is the writer. There might be a lack: of energy, of ideas, of words. There are any number of ways to get energy and ideas. The only way to get the words is to sit down with the page and ask for them.

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