Goodreads asked Holly Isle:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Holly Isle When stuck with writers block, take time for other area's of the writing process. Such as, are there back stories to refine? Scan your plots for holes, look for important details that might be missing, see if you you've addressed important questions and the mechanisms of the story. That will often open up the flow of writing again. If that doesn't work, write on something else. A short story is always helpful, it keeps you writing. And if that doesn't help either, then it could be your subconscious telling you that it's stressed about another issue in your life and until that is addressed, it's not safe to write. We are complicated humans that way, survival is paramount. If something is stressing us and we're not dealing with it, it can affect our work. Take time for life, and then write.

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