Goodreads asked Bobbi J.G. Weiss:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Bobbi J.G. Weiss If I have a deadline, writer's block isn't an issue. If I want that paycheck, I have to write! If for some reason I still feel stuck, though, I'll watch part of a movie that's similar in some way to what I'm trying to write—that often works. If my block involves not having any ideas to write about, it's usually a sign that I'm "empty." That's my term for "I have no ideas because I have nothing to say." Maybe I've written a lot and I just need a break. Or maybe I just need to let my creative backbrain stew for awhile. If the creativity's not there today, it will be there tomorrow. It's not gone. It just needs a rest. While it rests, I read a lot and watch movies with good solid plots. Creativity is a beast, so when it's depleted, I feed it!

The bottom line, however, is that writer's block is, in my experience, not a block at all but FEAR. Fear of failure, fear of expression, fear of something. The activities I mentioned above can help me deal with the fear by DOING something about it. That's the key, at least for me.

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