Goodreads asked Tamara Larson:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Tamara Larson I can't really say I've ever experienced hardcore writer's block. What I mean by that is I've never been so blocked that I couldn't write something. The quality is sometimes lacking and occasionally I have to really work at producing more than a jumbled collection of phrases, but when I struggle I try to remind myself that it's not meant to be easy. If it was, then everyone could do it. Writing takes discipline and desire and determination. There's very few writers that lack these qualities. Talent really is as common as table salt. (Yes, I'm paraphrasing the Stephen King quote) But it's hard work that gets words on the page. You can't be put off because you have a rough night at the keyboard or even a rough month. Eventually, you'll have a night where the words just flow or you'll write a little passage that is genuinely funny or clever or original. But these isolated moments are far outweighed by the proportion of time where it's work. Fun work, but work nonetheless.

If I'm really desperate, I will go back and read over the past few pages I've written. Usually that gets the creativity flowing again and I will find the hole in the paper that takes me into the world I'm trying to create.

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