Goodreads asked Cheryl MacDonald:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Cheryl MacDonald I don't believe writer's block exists -- it's just another name for procrastination, which is often caused by anxiety. Sometimes I have trouble writing, as most writers do, but it's usually caused by one of two things -- I don't know what I want to say, or I'm setting the bar too high. In the first case, I either do more research (usually in the case of non-fiction) or more outlining. In the second, I try to remind myself that perfection isn't the goal, it's getting words on paper so I can revise, revise, revise. If a deadline is looming, I just do the best I can. If not, it often helps enormously to switch gears, work on something else for a while, then get back to the project that was causing the problems.

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