Goodreads asked Dan Burns:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Dan Burns I have never had writer's block because I always make sure I have multiple projects going on at the same time. If the words aren’t flowing on one project, I shift over to another one. Minimally, I'm always publicizing the last book (which requires a lot of writing for marketing and publicity), working on the current book, and planning and sketching out the next one (or two). Along with that, I set a goal to write two new poems each month and I try to be fairly regimented in my approach to writing in my journal. Writing in my journal provides me a great opportunity to write out, in long hand, whatever is racing around in my head at the time, which often leads to another story idea or writing project.

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