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Goodreads asked Mark Joseph Young:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Mark Joseph Young I always have several irons in the fire, so if I hit a block on one project I shift to another for a while.

Also, when I'm writing fiction and I don't know what my characters should do next, I often start a chapter with them thinking about what to do next, and let them tell me their options and make their choices. These often make it into the finished work, but not always.

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