Goodreads asked Kathryn Knowles:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Kathryn Knowles Honestly, I don't like to use the term writer's block. I think people use that term too loosely, and, to me, it always meant "trying to force something". That's not to say that I don't still experience a "block" of some kind. But it usually feels more like creative fatigue, or just fatigue in general. When that happens, I try to work on restoring myself. I work on something else creative for a bit (in a completely different medium). I try new recipes, I practice music, I draw, I rearrange the house. Or I "clear out the junk in my head". This junk accumulates when I don't have the calm and control I need. Maybe my space is a mess and I need to tidy it, maybe I haven't had a good routine lately. I am definitely someone who needs routine, organization, and efficiency in my life and when I don't have those things, it's harder to give my creativity the space it needs.

One final strategy I use, is to binge other stories. I disappear into someone else's imagination for a bit and remind myself that the reason I want to write is because I love good stories.

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