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Goodreads asked Sean C. Austin:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Sean C. Austin I guess the short answer is, not well.

I have a problem finishing things I have started and getting writers block often makes me start something else. Which is why I currently have several novels under construction at once.

I have had some success recently after changing my style of writing and opting for a nonlinear process. I'll have several plot points that I have solid ideas for so I will write them then begin filling in the gaps between them, 'fleshing' the story out.

If that fails, there's always another half written novel I can go back to. Getting a block on one sometimes leads to breaking a block on another.

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