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Goodreads asked Ana Brazil:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Ana Brazil I get out my iPhone and set the timer to 30 minutes. I force myself to write-and-only-write-I'm-not-even-allowed-to-plot for 30 minutes.

If, when the timer goes off I still don't want to write, then I walk away and do something else.

BUT...without fail, once I get into writing, I keep going once the timer goes off.

Before writing historical crime fiction, I was a technical writer, and I've used this 30 minute technique SUCCESSFULLY for all of my writing gigs.

Try it!

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