Goodreads asked Ann Roth:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Ann Roth I have learned that sooner or later, I WILL find the answer to whatever issue holds me back. If I hit an impasse, I take time away from the book and go do something that has nothing to do with writing for a little while or even several hours. Meanwhile, my subconscious is busy mulling things around. This leads to lots of thinking and mad scribbling on a college-rule notebook that I either use or discard. Another trick I use is to write and keep writing, deleting and saving and moving and so on until I write through the problem.

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