Goodreads asked Michael-Patrick Harrington:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Michael-Patrick Harrington I actually have never experienced writer's block. I think it's because, long ago, I decided that waiting for inspiration wasn't the way the to go, so I "trained" myself to write for an hour every morning, then two hours, and now I write from 5:30 to 8:30 every single day. Last year, I only missed five days! In doing this, almost all aspects of writing became muscle memory. SOMETHING is always going to come out of my pen or keyboard. I can get stuck occasionally or write myself into a corner, but writer's block never plays into it. When I sit down, my job is to write and tell a story and not wait for inspiration. Inspiration will come from doing. If I get stuck on something, I just move to another project for a little bit to clear my head.

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