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Goodreads asked Marne Wilson:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Marne Wilson The great thing about being a poet as opposed to a fiction writer is that there's no pressure on me to generate words every day unless I genuinely have something to say. When I was a newer poet, I used to try to force myself to write poems even when I didn't feel like it, and the results were so dreadful that I quickly gave this up as a waste of time. Now I usually wait for inspiration to strike.

Occasionally, I still feel like I've gone too long without writing anything, and then I start worrying that I'll never be inspired again. When this happens, I make an effort to read more good poetry that I enjoy, and that usually gets the juices flowing.

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