Goodreads asked R.L. Blaisdell:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

R.L. Blaisdell Like many authors, I occasionally come to a halt when writing. That point between paragraphs or scenes when you’re just not sure which way your story’s going next.

Rather than torment myself, over what I know from experience is only a temporary glitch, I step back from the keyboard and engage in some other activity. Walking the dogs, mowing the lawn, driving (usually without a destination in mind), etc., are activities that seem to disconnect my writing brain and my typing fingers.

Once I’ve separated myself from the anxiety producing keyboard and the empty space on the page, I find it easier to live in my characters’ shoes.

Once I’m living my characters, writer’s block slips away. Then I’m confronted with a bit of the opposite problem, sometimes two, three, or even dozens of variations on a scene or conversation for the novel. When that happens, the race to get back to the keyboard, and allow my fingers to capture what my imagination’s been up too, becomes my focus.

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