Goodreads asked Lisa Goich:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Lisa Goich While writing "14 Days" I had a terrible case of writer's block right around the middle of the book. It actually frightened me. The memoir, up until that point, had flowed out of me. Then BAM...a wall. An author friend told me to to just walk away for a bit. Don't push it. Put the project away and cleanse my head then revisit when I was ready. So I put it aside. And when I came back a couple of weeks later, instead of trying to push through the part that was blocked, I wrote other parts that I could insert in the book elsewhere. It worked! It was like mental Drano. I was back on track and finished my memoir.

I liken writer's block to that Chinese finger game. You know that little woven contraption you put your two fingers in and pull? The harder you pull, the more difficult it is to release your fingers. It's just like writer's block. The harder you try, the more you're building up your wall. Walk away. Breathe. Read another book. Take a hike. Watch a movie. Release the pressure on yourself and magical things will happen.

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